Security News > 2023 > December > Researchers Unmask Sandman APT's Hidden Link to China-Based KEYPLUG Backdoor
2023-12-11 13:59
Tactical and targeting overlaps have been discovered between the enigmatic advanced persistent threat (APT) called Sandman and a China-based threat cluster that's known to use a backdoor known as KEYPLUG. The assessment comes jointly from SentinelOne, PwC, and the Microsoft Threat Intelligence team based on the fact that the adversary's Lua-based malware LuaDream and KEYPLUG have been
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