BlackBerry ties malware campaign targeting victims in India to Chinese cyberespionage group


The BlackBerry Research & Intelligence team released a new report on Tuesday linking disparate malware campaigns to Chinese cyberespionage group APT41, noting that the group has been taking advantage of Cobalt Strike activity using a bespoke Malleable C2 Profile that uses COVID-19 phishing lures to target victims in India.

The team was able to link phishing lures via PDF and ZIP files containing information related to tax legislation and COVID-19 statistics, masqueraded as being from Indian government entities.

The US government filed charges in 2020 against five APT41 members for hacking into more than 100 companies across the world. US officials said APT41 members managed to compromise foreign government computer networks in India and Vietnam, as well as pro-democracy politicians and activists in Hong Kong.

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Source: ZDNet