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Chinese LuoYu hackers deploy cyber-espionage malware via app updates

June 3, 2022
Source: vnexplorer.net vnexplorer.net
News Snapshot:
A Chinese-speaking hacking group known as LuoYu is infecting victims WinDealer information stealer malware deployed by switching legitimate app updates with malicious payloads in man-on-the-side attacks. To do that, the threat actors actively monitor their targets’ network traffic for app update requests linked to popular Asian apps such as QQ, WeChat, and WangWang and replace them with WinDealer installers. Once deployed, WinDealer helps the attackers search for and siphon large amounts of data from compromised Windows systems, install backdoors to maintain persistence, manipulate files, scan for other devices on the network, and run arbitrary commands. Global Tech News Daily Instead...
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