Security News > 2020 > July > FBI Issues Alert on Use of Chinese Tax Software

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has issued an alert to inform organizations in the United States of the risk associated with the use of Chinese tax software.

Weeks later, Trustwave published information on another piece of malware deployed through mandatory tax software onto the networks of organizations doing business in China.

Last week, the FBI issued an alert to warn healthcare, chemical, and finance organizations in the United States of "Potential targeting activity by the Chinese government against their business and operational components based in China."

The alert points out that tax software provided by Chinese banks to at least two Western organizations doing business in the country would install a backdoor supposedly allowing "Cyber actors to preposition to conduct remote code execution and exfiltration activities on the victim's network."

The FBI underlines that the use of software from Baiwang and Aisino, the only tax software service providers authorized to operate the value added tax system in China, represents a risk to US organizations, especially in the light of Trustwave's discoveries.

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