The PolySwarm Blog

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Positive Technologies recently reported on an espionage campaign in which a previously unknown threat actor group targeted the Russian aerospace industry. Researchers at Positive Technologies dubbed the group Space Pirates.

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PwC Threat Intelligence recently reported on BPFDoor, a passive network implant for Linux targeting telecommunications providers. The activity was attributed to the Chinese nexus threat actor group Red Menshen.

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Symantec recently published research on Daxin backdoor, which they called the “most advanced” malware they have seen from Chinese threat actors.

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Secureworks recently posted research analyzing Wicked Panda’s ShadowPad RAT. Secureworks stated multiple clusters of ShadowPad activity appeared to be linked to PLA theater commands.