According to Check Point Research, Chinese cyberspies targeted two Russian defence institutions and potentially another research site in Belarus.
According to the security firm, the latest effort, named Twisted Panda, is part of a broader, state-sponsored espionage operation that has been running for almost a year.
In a technical analysis, The researchers describe the various malicious stages and payloads of the campaign, which targeted Russian organisations that are part of the state-owned defense firm Rostec Corporation using sanctions-related phishing emails.
Another Chinese advanced persistent threat (APT) group, Mustang Panda, was seen utilising the invasion of Ukraine to target Russian companies around the same time as the Twisted Panda operations, according to Check Point Research.
According to the security specialists, Twisted Panda may have ties to Mustang Panda or another Beijing-backed surveillance ring known as Stone Panda, or APT10.
Source : The Register
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