Security News > 2020 > November > Chinese APT Uses DLL Side-Loading in Attacks on Myanmar
A Chinese threat actor is leveraging DLL side-loading for the execution of malicious code in attacks targeting organizations in Myanmar, Sophos security researchers reveal.
DLL side-loading is a technique that uses malicious DLLs that spoof legitimate ones, and which relies on legitimate Windows applications to load and execute the code.
The method has been abused by many advanced persistent threat groups, mostly operating out of China, with the earliest attacks observed in 2013.
As part of the recent attacks, DLL side-loading was used to load code that included poorly written English plaintext strings featuring politically inspired messages.
The targets and the characteristics of the employed malware led the security researchers to the conclusion that the attacks were launched by a Chinese threat actor.
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