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The Chinese state-sponsored hacking group tracked as APT15 has been observed using a novel backdoor named 'Graphican' in a new campaign between late 2022 and early 2023. APT15, also known as Nickel, Flea, Ke3Chang, and Vixen Panda, are Chinese state hackers targeting important public and private organizations worldwide since at least 2004.
Microsoft seized today dozens of malicious sites used by the Nickel China-based hacking group to target organizations in the US and 28 other countries worldwide. "Nickel has targeted organizations in both the private and public sectors, including diplomatic organizations and ministries of foreign affairs in North America, Central America, South America, the Caribbean, Europe and Africa," said Tom Burt, Corporate Vice President for Customer Security & Trust at Microsoft.
This is the first evidence of the China-linked threat actor's activity since hacked the U.K. government and military in 2017 (which wasn't made public until 2018).
A cyber-espionage group believed to be operating out of China has developed a new piece of malware that appears to be based on one of the first tools used by the threat actor. read more
