Tag: covert ops

China-Linked APT Group Exploits Legitimate Services for Covert Ops

ESET researchers have uncovered a treasure trove of clues, analyzing 6,044 Slack messages and 3,005 Discord messages that reveal the covert operations of a China-linked APT group, dubbed GopherWhisper, which has been active since at least 2023. The recovered logs provide a rare glimpse into the group's tactics, thanks to hardcoded credentials in Go-based backdoors that gave investigators access to the group's command and control channels.