Tropic Trooper APT Takes Aim at Home Routers, Japanese Targets
The Chinese state-sponsored cyber threat is known for moving fast and trying odd attack vectors; now it's branching out in tools, victimology, and TTPs.
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The Chinese state-sponsored cyber threat is known for moving fast and trying odd attack vectors; now it's branching out in tools, victimology, and TTPs.
A unique take on the software update gambit has allowed "PlushDaemon" to evade attention as it mostly targets Chinese organizations.
The China-backed APT was using the botnet, made up of mostly end-of-life, patchless routers from Cisco and Netgear, to set up shop inside US critical infrastructure.
The Chinese state-sponsored APT has compromised as many as 30% of Cisco legacy routers on a SOHO botnet that multiple threat groups use.
Sophisticated hackers are rewriting router firmware in real time and hiding their footprints, leaving defenders with hardly a fighting chance.
The nation-stage threat group deployed custom malware on archaic versions of Cisco's router operating system. Experts warn that such attacks targeting network infrastructure are on the rise.