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I-Soon: China's state-run foreign hackers exposed

March 1, 2024

Internally, it is certainly the biggest betrayal of China: an employee of the company I-Soon revealed data and services that were used to attack foreign companies and governments. China denies the issue of foreign hackers, but the leaked data is overwhelming and the disclosure of the tools' capabilities is reminiscent of the day of the Snoden leaks. Now China has its own Snowden. According to research by specialists at Malwarebytes and SentinelOne, this is what happened: Data from a Chinese cybersecurity provider working for the Chinese government revealed a number of hacking tools and services. Although the…

Microsoft: Subzero probably developed as a state Trojan

August 13, 2022

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A Viennese company is said to have used several 0-day exploits for malware. Microsoft specialists tracked and evaluated several attacks. The company DSIRF - codenamed Knotweed - wants to see "nothing abusive" about it. The exploit Subzero should definitely come from DSIRF and probably a developed state Trojan. As already reported by heise.de, Microsoft is complaining about the Viennese company DSIRF, which is said to have used a specially developed state Trojan itself. With Subzero, several targets have been hacked and monitored since February 2020, such as lawyers or banks. This fact…

Clear the way for the state Trojan

June 20, 2021

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On June 10.06.2021th, XNUMX the Bundestag passed the law to adapt the constitutional protection law. One of the changes is that the so-called state trojan can no longer only be used for serious criminal offenses, but also preventively! A statement from Avast. “The dilemma of the state trojan is exemplary for the digital age, since data-protecting cryptography limits the authorities' ability to access decrypted communication. The government then turns to solutions that reduce security and privacy for all of us by trying to weaken encryption, exploit vulnerabilities, or ...

Government malware is not “good” malware

29 October 2020

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Many governments buy and develop malware to officially have tools against criminals. That's the only reason government malware isn't “good” malware, says Bob Botezatu, director of threat research and reporting at Bitdefender. “For years, cybersecurity companies and data protection officials have warned of the dangers of government intervention attempts and online surveillance solutions. The companies are currently pushing ahead with their digital transformation and the dangers of this so-called 'good malware' have never been as obvious as they are today. Unlike commercial malware, government malware is the product of highly skilled development teams, costing millions of dollars in ...

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I-Soon: China's state-run foreign hackers exposed

Microsoft: Subzero probably developed as a state Trojan

Clear the way for the state Trojan

Government malware is not “good” malware

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