Security News > 2025 > April > Chinese Hackers Target Linux Systems Using SNOWLIGHT Malware and VShell Tool
2025-04-15 14:06
The China-linked threat actor known as UNC5174 has been attributed to a new campaign that leverages a variant of a known malware dubbed SNOWLIGHT and a new open-source tool called VShell to infect Linux systems. "Threat actors are increasingly using open source tools in their arsenals for cost-effectiveness and obfuscation to save money and, in this case, plausibly blend in with the pool of
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