China already engages in espionage on an industrial scale. On January 14, the FBI announced that malware from Mustang Panda, ...

The FBI confirmed the deletion of Chinese malware from 4,258 U.S.-based computers in a court-authorized operation that lasted ...

targeted a variant of PlugX malware known to be deployed by Chinese state-sponsored hackers and used by a group known as Mustang Panda or Twill Typhoon, capable of controlling infected computers to ...

Chinese state-sponsored groups including Mustang Panda and Tonto Team have been targeting Russian aerospace and defense firms looking for intelligence on Moscow's military capabilities, researchers at ...

Update, Jan. 22, 2025: This story, originally published Jan. 21, has been updated with further technical information and analysis regarding how threat actors use malware to steal passwords.

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