China-backed APT41 Group Hacked at Least 13 Victims in 2021
The majority of the attacks spotted relied primarily on SQL injections on targeted domains
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The majority of the attacks spotted relied primarily on SQL injections on targeted domains
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The state-sponsored threat actor has switched up its tactics, also adding an automated SQL-injection tool to its bag of tricks for initial access.
The Chinese Winnti hacking group, also known as 'APT41' or 'Wicked Spider,' targeted at least 80 organizations last year and successfully breached the networks of at least thirteen. [...]
The Chinese Winnti hacking group, also known as 'APT41' or 'Wicked Spider,' targeted at least 80 organizations last year and successfully breached the networks of at least thirteen. [...]
The Chinese advanced persistent threat (APT) actor tracked as Winnti (aka APT41) has targeted at least 13 organizations geographically spanning across the U.S, Taiwan, India, Vietnam, and China against the backdrop of four different campaigns in 2021
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