Trend Micro: Chinese cyberespionage group Earth Lusca used a new Linux malware dubbed SprySOCKS to target government agencies in multiple countries in H1 2023
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A Chinese espionage-focused hacker tracked as 'Earth Lusca' was observed targeting government agencies in multiple countries, using a new Linux backdoor dubbed 'SprySOCKS.'
Trend Micro's analysis of the novel backdoor showed that it originates from the Trochilus open-source Windows malware, with many of its functions ported to work on Linux systems.
However, the malware…
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