China hackers targeting Russia have secretly launched cyberattacks on Russian defense systems since the Ukraine war began, despite public claims of a strong alliance. Cybersecurity experts say Chinese ...

Additionally, APT27 has been associated with the distribution of the PlugX malware, a tool used by alleged Chinese state-backed threat groups.

The FBI has recently conducted a large-scale operation to hack approximately 4,200 computers across the United States, targeting the removal of PlugX, a malware linked to Chinese state-backed ...

FBI Uninstalls Chinese PlugX Malware From Thousands of Machines The Justice Department revealed this week that the FBI carried out an operation to delete a specimen of malware known as PlugX from ...

The malware was designed to infiltrate, infect, and control thousands of PCs and networks around the world. A malware family known as PlugX is designed to remotely control infected machines, a ...

The malware in question is known as PlugX, and it's a particularly nasty remote access trojan that's believed to have been around since 2008 and is said to have been a favourite tool of a hacking ...

The group, Mustang Panda, used malware called PlugX to access thousands of computers worldwide, according to the Justice Department and FBI. Newsweek reached out to the FBI via email for comment.

According to the FBI, it worked on deleting the malware from over 4,000 Windows-based computers, further regarding that PlugX is capable of taking over a computer to steal the files and share them ...

However, cybersecurity researchers from the French outfit Sekoia.io found a way to communicate through PlugX’s command & control (C2) infrastructure, allowing them to order the malware to self ...