Tag: FINALDRAFT
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UAT-8302’s Global Espionage Machine Is Hijacking Governments via the Cloud
The Chinese cyber-espionage collective UAT-8302 has, for nearly a annum, conducted surreptitious incursions against governmental entities across South America and Europe, utilizing a sophisticated arsenal linked to several prominent Chinese threat actors. Analysts at Cisco Talos posit that these adversaries are singularly focused on long-term infiltration and the sustained preservation of access within the critical…
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The Living Mesh: Ink Dragon Turns European Government Servers into a Global ShadowPad Relay Network
Researchers at Check Point Research have uncovered a large-scale espionage operation conducted by the Chinese APT group Ink Dragon, which repurposes compromised government servers into a distributed command-and-traffic relay network—effectively turning the victims themselves into components of its command-and-control infrastructure. Ink Dragon, also known as Earth Alux, Jewelbug, REF7707, and CL-STA-0049, has been active since…
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NANOREMOTE Trojan Uses Google Drive as Covert C2 for Chinese Espionage Campaigns
A new multifunctional Windows trojan dubbed NANOREMOTE leverages a cloud-based file storage service as a covert command-and-control hub, complicating detection while providing attackers with a resilient channel for data exfiltration and the delivery of additional payloads. The threat was disclosed by researchers at Elastic Security Labs, who linked the malware to the previously identified implant…