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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.
Eset Exposes Chinese Hackers' Careless Backdoor Tactics
Chinese hackers have been caught off guard by their own carelessness, leaving behind a digital trail that exposed their previously undetected backdoor tactics. Researchers uncovered over 9,000 messages revealing the attackers' testing systems and habits, leading to the identification of a Chinese nation-state actor dubbed GopherWhisper.
China-Linked GopherWhisper Targets Mongolian Government Systems with Go Backdoors
A China-linked cyber group, dubbed GopherWhisper, has been targeting Mongolian government systems with a suite of Go-based backdoors, infecting at least 12 systems and potentially dozens more. The attackers used clever tactics, routing command-and-control traffic through compromised Discord and Slack servers.