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A Chinese hacking group flagged as APT15 is targeting foreign affairs ministries in the Americas with a new backdoor named Graphican.
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Microsoft obtained a court order to seize websites from a Chinese government-linked espionage group that was using the sites to attack government agencies, think tanks and human rights organizations in 29 countries, the company said Monday. The legal move is aimed at a hacking outfit that Microsoft calls Nickel, which is also known as APT15, Ke3chang or Vixen Panda. It’s been around since at least 2010, and frequently spies on foreign affairs of interest to China. “Obtaining control of the malicious websites and redirecting traffic from those sites to Microsoft’s secure servers will help us protect existing and future victims while learning more about Nickel’s activities,” wrote Tom Burt, Microsoft’s corporate vice president for customer security and trust. “Our disruption will not prevent Nickel from continuing other hacking activities, but we do believe we have removed a key piece of the infrastructure the group has been relying on for this […]
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Never-before-seen Android spyware tools have been used in a widespread APT campaign to spy on the Uyghur ethnic minority group – since 2013. Continue reading New Android Spyware Tools Emerge in Widespread Surveillance Campaign
This is the first evidence of the China-linked threat actor’s activity since hacked the U.K. government and military in 2017 (which wasn’t made public until 2018). Continue reading APT15 Pokes Its Head Out With Upgraded MirageFox RAT
The APT15 hacking group which became well-known for its high profile attacks against US Military has developed a new dangerous malware tool called MirageFox. It is believed that it is an updated version of previously-released threats. A detailed techni… Continue reading MirageFox Malware: the Latest Addition to APT15 Hack Arsenal
Cyber espionage group APT15 is back, this time stealing sensitive data from a UK government contractor. Continue reading China-Linked APT15 Used Myriad of New Tools To Hack UK Government Contractor