The US government issued an alert on Monday that a type of malware seen frequently by security researchers in the last decade is tied to the Chinese government, the latest in a series of American warnings about China's cyber capabilities this summer. The US Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Department of Defence "identified a malware variant used by Chinese government cyber-actors, which is known as Taidoor," according to the alert.
The purpose of the alert, which contained no information about the prevalence of the malware or who has been targeted, is to "enable network defence and reduce exposure to Chinese government malicious cyber-activity."
While this type of malware has been used since 2008, the Chinese government continues to leverage it in ongoing espionage to gain intelligence, according to a US Cyber Command official, who requested anonymity as is the agency's policy....MORE
