China-linked hackers have targeted Malaysian government, officials warn

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China-linked hackers have targeted Malaysian government, officials warn
February 6, 2020
https://www.cyberscoop.com/china-malaysia-fireeye-kaspersky/

A hacking group that private researchers have linked with Chinese interests has successfully targeted Malaysian government officials in an apparent data-stealing espionage campaign, cybersecurity officials in the Southeast Asian nation said this week.

The Malaysian Computer Emergency Response Team, a government-backed organization, said it had “observed an increase in number of artifacts and victims involving a campaign against Malaysian government officials.”
The advisory did not explicitly name the hacking group responsible. But the data it cited, including private-sector reports, point to a state-sponsored group known as APT40 or Leviathan.
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Relentless DADJOKEs
Brian Bartholomew, a security researcher at cybersecurity company Kaspersky who has studied APT40, said the group’s relentless pursuit of targets explains its success.

“While we cannot definitively attribute the activity in the report from Malaysia CERT, it is consistent with what we have seen from APT40,” Read told CyberScoop.
Bartholomew said that APT40 had made changes to that malware, known as DADJOKE, since he published research on the group in October. The group has also changed how it delivers its malicious code in an effort to compromise networks, he said.
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