A stack of Linux backdoor malware used for espionage, compiled dynamically and customizable to specific targets, is being used as a shared resource by five different Chinese-language APT groups, according to researchers.
According to an analysis from BlackBerry released at Black Hat 2020 on Wednesday, those five groups have turned out to all be splinters of the Winnti Group. Active since at least 2011, Winnti is known for high-profile supply-chain attacks against the software industry, with the aim of spreading trojanized software (such as CCleaner, ASUS LiveUpdate and multiple malicious video games).
The Linux toolset uncovered by BlackBerry was used in a series of targeted attacks. It contains six different pieces, according to Kevin Livelli, director of threat intelligence at the firm. Speaking during a Wednesday session, he noted that the tools start with an installer bash script, compressed inside of another shell script, whose job it is to work with a remote build server.
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Source: ThreatPost