Security News > 2022 > May > To predict the targets of Chinese malware, look at the target of Chinese laws
To predict the targets of new Chinese malware, keep an eye on new Chinese government policies, a threat intelligence analyst suggested at the Black Hat Asia conference on Thursday.
Yew later told The Register the attacks against foreign gambling firms might also be attempts to collect data for the crackdown campaigns.
"Our opinion is that the Chinese policies will affect the cyber threat landscape in the region as we observed some crackdown campaigns were followed by cyber operations," added the threat intelligence analyst in an email.
"Pay attention to Chinese policies, they may have an effect on the malware you see in your region," she said.
TeamT5 believes Pangolin8RAT is likely shared or traded among Chinese threat groups, for attacks aimed at espionage and/or financial gain.
Pangolin8RAT has mainly been used by one threat entity - the Chinese APT group Team5 has labelled "Tianwu" because its namesake is a mystical creature with eight human heads, eight feet, and eight tails.