Security News > 2020 > March > China-linked APT Hackers Launch Coronavirus-Themed Attacks
2020-03-13 14:34
Even a long-standing China-based APT has begun to use the threat in a new spear-phishing campaign.
Researchers from Check Point Research have found a spear-phishing campaign targeting the Mongolian public sector and apparently emanating from China.
The campaign has similarities to earlier campaigns - such as one targeting the Belarus government and dropping the ByeBye backdoor in 2017.
Although initially used exclusively by these Chinese groups, Anomali has since the summer of 2019 observed it being used in multiple commodity campaigns.
Check Point does not attribute this or the earlier campaigns to any known and named APT group.
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