Chinese hackers suspected of using Dropbox to snoop on Afghan officials
Hackers with ties to China have been targeting the emails of Afghan security officials with malware meant to scoop up everything on their desktop, according to a Thursday report from researchers at Check Point. In an example shared by researchers, a hacker sent a malicious file to an official at the Afghanistan National Security Council posing as someone from the administrative office of the president of Afghanistan. The email requested the recipient review an attachment that was purportedly about an upcoming press conference. Once clicked, that attachment opened the first file on the victim’s desktop while simultaneously opening a backdoor onto the computer, Check Point said. From there, hackers had access to victim’s files and executed a scanner tool popular with multiple hacking groups, including the Chinese government-linked group APT10. Based on the malware used by hackers, though, researchers believe with medium to high confidence that the attack was executed […]
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