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Meet Jewelbug: The Chinese Hacker-for-Hire Group Stealing Crypto and Spying on Governments at the Same Time
A single criminal outfit is running a massive cryptocurrency scam network with one hand and breaking into Middle Eastern government email systems with the other. Researchers say the group almost certainly works for China.
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China-Linked Hackers Hit Middle East Governments With New Malware That Hides in Telegram
Zscaler researchers say a group tied to East Asia is running fresh spy operations against government networks, using three never-before-seen tools.
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Showboat: A Modular Linux Backdoor Quietly Camped in a Middle East Telco Since 2022
Lumen's Black Lotus Labs ties the SOCKS5-capable implant to a years-long intrusion at a regional carrier, with an in-memory loader and ELF payloads that sidestep most host telemetry.
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