Chinesequietly Cyber war with Russia Could he be preparing to enter? Taking advantage of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a hacker group backed by the Beijing administration has turned its eyes to Russian networks.
Targeting government agencies and non-governmental organizations in Asia to gather information for the Chinese government Bronze President group seems to have Russia on their radar now. The report, prepared by the Secureworks Threat Combat Unit, drew attention to the work of the China-linked group.
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China prepares to cyberattack Russian networks
Mustang Panda, RedDelta and TA416 The Bronze President hacker group, also known as, has begun to spy on Russia. It was stated that Bronze President, who made “political and economic” surveillance attempts on countries in Southeast Asia, turned to European organizations and Russian-speaking people.
Secureworks Threat Combat Unit researchers said the new surveillance is taking on missions that reflect China’s changing intelligence-gathering needs. State-sponsored cyber-attackers are tasked with activities that will benefit governments.
Among them intelligence gathering, espionage and in a state of war, as in the case of Russia”awareness raising activities” is included.
Secureworks team, prepared in Cyrillic alphabet “Blagoveshchensk Border Detachment.exeIt analyzed the malicious executable that looks like a document named ”. Blagoveshchensk is a Russian city close to the Chinese border, and the name was chosen to target officials or military personnel familiar with the area, according to researchers.
Known as Mustang Panda, TA416 or RedDelta, the Chinese espionage group has been operating since 2018. It usually gathers intelligence from NGOs, research institutes and internet service providers.
Among the countries and regions where the group has attacked, EuropeMongolia, RussiaVietnam and South Africa.
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