Security News > 2024 > February > Chinese hackers infect Dutch military network with malware

A Chinese cyber-espionage group breached the Dutch Ministry of Defence last year and deployed malware on compromised devices, according to the Military Intelligence and Security Service of the Netherlands.

During the follow-up investigation, a previously unknown malware strain named Coathanger, a remote access trojan designed to infect Fortigate network security appliances, was also discovered on the breached network.

The Chinese hackers deployed the Coathanger malware for cyber espionage purposes on vulnerable FortiGate firewalls they compromised by exploiting the CVE-2022-42475 FortiOS SSL-VPN vulnerability.

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