Chinese APTs hacking Asian orgs with high-end malware

China-linked advanced persistent threat (APT) groups are wreaking havoc in Asia with new cyber weaponry, targeting Chinese gambling sites and government entities in the region.

The Asia-Pacific (APAC) region is among the world’s busiest in terms of cyberattacks, accounting for just over half of all APT activity in the world, according to one study. It helps that a plurality of people in the whole world live there (so there’s a lot going on), and that countries like Japan, China, and South Korea have fat economies and geopolitical influence. 

North Korea’s state crowdfunding has something to do with it, as do internecine conflicts in South Asia. By far the biggest reason for this, though, is China. Chinese state APTs are some of the best in the world, using and often inventing advanced malware, and tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs). They’re highly active, and often rather difficult to pin down, since they share their resources and knowhow within loosely understood clusters and networks. Those networks sometimes even extend beyond state-aligned organizations, involving private institutions and even criminal outfits.

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