Sophisticated supply chain attack exploited TrueConf update process


Southeast Asian governments were recently targeted by a highly sophisticated supply chain attack as part of a wider cyber-espionage campaign, which experts believe is the work of the Chinese government.

Security researchers Check Point detailed their findings on Operation TrueChaos, a campaign revolving around a zero-day vulnerability in TrueConf, a video conferencing and collaboration platform which runs either in the cloud or on a company’s own servers. It works through a client-server model, often inside a private local network, allowing organizations to host meetings, messaging, and file sharing without relying on the public internet.

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