Posted on 08/14/2024 2:23:16 AM PDT by Apparatchik
Dozens of systems used by government bodies and IT companies in Russia have reportedly become the targets of Chinese hackers.
Moscow-based cybersecurity provider Kaspersky Lab, revealed that the backdoor malware used to gain access to the systems was "GrewApacha," a Trojan used since at least 2021 by the Chinese cyber-espionage group known as APT31 (Advanced Peristent Threat 31).
APT31 is believed to have ties to China's civilian spy agency, the Ministry of State Security (MSS). Earlier this year, the United States Justice department indicted several Chinese nationals and one company for allegedly carrying out APT31 operations.
"During these attacks, attackers infected devices using phishing emails with attachments containing malicious shortcut files," read an August 8 report by Kaspersky Lab-managed website SecureList. Kaspersky has dubbed the Russia-centered hacking campaign "EastWind."
Clicking on these files prompts the installation of the malware, which receives commands from the Dropbox cloud storage.
"With the help of this software, the attackers downloaded additional Trojans to the infected computers, in particular, tools used by the APT31 cybergroup, as well as the updated CloudSorcerer backdoor," the report said.
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I thought the Ruskies and Chinese were home boys.
We are fast losing our country and your concern is how/if Chinese banks process Russian remittances? What’s wrong with you?
Is it because you really don’t understand the world or because you are willfully ignorant?
Either way: 🙄
For the next 80 days, the world is right outside your front door. For the love of God, focus and put America First.
China is our third-largest trading partner, and they appear to be poking our opponent in the DNC’s proxy-war/money-laundering scheme ’against’ Russia. Given that the DNC is in the process of installing Marxist leaders in our country almost without opposition, I’d say it’s relevant to this FReeper.
Got to hate those nato nazi Chinese…..
Have thought for some time that China will use historical “facts” to reclaim territories of Russian federation and there is nothing Putin can do and I doubt anything more than a strongly worded letter will come from the west.
Eastern Russia has resources China needs esp water. Cow/ milk analogy comes to mind.
Maybe tucker can get a “history lesson “ from xi.
“Partner” is an interesting choice of words
It May be possible to do more than one thing at a time.
Countries and individuals operate on self interest first and foremost. China has been playing the west and Russia the whole time. Sounds like China is getting ready to “right “ the historical wrongs it perceives. We know how much Putin loves history so he should understand 😎
“Have thought for some time that China will use historical “facts” to reclaim territories of Russian federation and there is nothing Putin can do and I doubt anything more than a strongly worded letter will come from the west.
Eastern Russia has resources China needs esp water. Cow/ milk analogy comes to mind.
Maybe tucker can get a “history lesson “ from xi.”
Yeah, I think China wants Siberia back!
America is hanging on by a thread. Nothing is more important
The key point from your link:
“Since the invasion of Ukraine, Russia and its trade partners have skirted sanctions by using smaller banks and other payment modes or non-US dollar currencies to circumvent the West’s ban of some Russian banks from the widely-used SWIFT messaging system.
However, the doors have been closing for these workarounds since December, when the US approved secondary sanctions targeting financial institutions that were helping Russia.”
Too many stupid people allowed to use email
Have you looked closely at America over the past 20 years (+/-)? We aren't capable of that, but feel free to post your examples.
Must be chink in the wall of Russian cyber defense
Agreed, but that doesn’t mean that other subjects have no importance at all. Do you have trouble walking and chewing gum at the same time? Because the rest of us can handle more than one issue at a time.
Besides, if the Chinks can back the Ivan’s, they can hack us (including our elections. I’d say that this is an issue that’s relevant to this country’s future.
“hack” not “back.”
Yeah, and U.S. (government?) hackers hit Elon Musk for daring to talk to Donald Trump.
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