Security News > 2019 > October > Chinese Hackers Compromise Telecom Servers to Spy on SMS Messages
2019-10-31 14:34
A group of Chinese hackers carrying out political espionage for Beijing has been found targeting telecommunications companies with a new piece of malware designed to spy on text messages sent or received by highly targeted individuals. Dubbed "MessageTap," the backdoor malware is a 64-bit ELF data miner that has recently been discovered installed on a Linux-based Short Message Service Center
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