Security News > 2020 > August > U.S. Attributes Taidoor Malware to Chinese Government Hackers

A malware analysis report published on Monday by the U.S. Department of Defense, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and the FBI officially attributes a piece of malware named Taidoor to threat actors sponsored by the Chinese government.

In 2013, FireEye published a report on Taidoor being used in cyber espionage campaigns aimed at government agencies, think tanks and companies, particularly ones with an interest in Taiwan.

While there was some evidence at the time suggesting that China was behind the attacks involving Taidoor, the U.S. government has now officially said that the malware, which it describes as a remote access trojan, is "Used by Chinese government cyber actors."

"FBI has high confidence that Chinese government actors are using malware variants in conjunction with proxy servers to maintain a presence on victim networks and to further network exploitation," the report reads.

The report published by the U.S. agencies includes technical details on how the malware works, as well as information that can be used by organizations to identify and block attacks involving Taidoor.

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