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.
The threat actor gave itself plenty of options to support command and control, tapping Microsoft Outlook, Slack, Discord, and file.io for online espionage.
China's state-backed groups are now using covert networks of compromised devices to execute attacks in a low-cost, low-risk, and deniable way.
China is spying on India's financial sector, for some reason, and it's not putting much effort into it, judging by some stale TTPs.