https://www.cyberscoop.com/taidoor-malware-report-china-cisa-dod-fbi/
By Shannon Vavra
CYBERSCOOP
August 3, 2020
The U.S. government publicly put forth information Monday that exposed
malware used in Chinese government hacking efforts for more than a decade.
The Chinese government has been using malware, referred to as Taidoor, to
target government agencies, entities in the private sector, and think
tanks since 2008, according to a joint announcement from the Department of
Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the
Department of Defense, and the FBI. The Chinese Communist Party has been
using the malware, in conjunction with proxy servers, “to maintain a
presence on victim networks and to further network exploitation,”
according to the U.S. government’s malware analysis report (MAR).
In particular, Taidoor has been used to target government and private
sector organizations that have a focus on Taiwan, according to previous
FireEye analysis. It is typically distributed to victims through
spearphishing emails that contain malicious attachments.
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