Hackers aligned with Chinese interests are targeting Android users with fake chat apps Trojanized with espionage capabilities in separate and ongoing campaigns, one
Chinese state-sponsored threat operation Flea also known as APT15, Nylon Typhoon, BackdoorDiplomacy, Vixen Panda, Royal APT, Playful Taurus, and ke3chang has leveraged the novel Graphican backdoor in attacks against foreign affairs ministries across the Americas between late 2022 and early 2023, The Hacker News reports.
The notorious APT15 used common malware tools and a third-generation custom "Graphican" backdoor to continue its information gathering exploits, this time against foreign ministries.