Chinese gang used ArcGIS as a backdoor for a year – and no one noticed

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Crims turned trusted mapping software into a hideout - no traditional malware required
A Chinese state-backed cybergang known as Flax Typhoon spent more than a year burrowing inside an ArcGIS server, quietly turning the trusted mapping software into a covert backdoor.…

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