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Chinese Hackers Using Firefox Extension to Spy On Tibetan Organizations Cybersecurity researchers today unwrapped a new campaign aimed at spying on vulnerable Tibetan communities globally by deploying a malicious Firefox extension on target systems. Threat actors aligned with the Chinese Communist Party s state interests delivered a customized malicious Mozilla Firefox browser extension that facilitated access and control of users Gmail accounts, Proofpoint said in an analysis. The Sunnyvale-based enterprise security company pinned the phishing operation on a Chinese advanced persistent threat (APT) it tracks as TA413, which has been previously attributed to attacks against the Tibetan diaspora by leveraging COVID-themed lures to deliver the Sepulcher malware with the strategic goal of espionage and civil dissident surveillance. ....
The malicious extension, FriarFox, snoops in on both Firefox and Gmail-related data. A newly uncovered cyberattack is taking control of victims’ Gmail accounts, by using a customized, malicious Mozilla Firefox browser extension called FriarFox. Researchers say the threat campaign, observed in January and February, targeted Tibetan organizations and was tied to TA413, a known advanced persistent threat (APT) group that researchers believe to be aligned with the Chinese state. The group behind this attack aims to gather information on victims by snooping in on their Firefox browser data and Gmail messages, said researchers. After installation, FriarFox gives cybercriminals various types of access to users’ Gmail accounts and Firefox browser data. ....
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