Security News > 2025 > February > Chinese hackers abuse Microsoft APP-v tool to evade antivirus

2025-02-18 18:00
The Chinese APT hacking group "Mustang Panda" has been spotted abusing the Microsoft Application Virtualization Injector utility as a LOLBIN to inject malicious payloads into legitimate processes to evade detection by antivirus software. [...]
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