Check Point · Published 7 Mar
Pandas with a Soul: Chinese Espionage Attacks Against Southeast Asian Government Entities
By etal
Excerpt
Executive summary
In 2021, Check Point Research published a report on a previously undisclosed toolset used by Sharp Panda, a long-running Chinese cyber-espionage operation targeting Southeast Asian government entities. Since then, we have continued to track the use of these tools across several operations in multiple Southeast Asian countries, in particular nations with similar territorial claims or strategic infrastructure projects such as Vietnam, Thailand, and Indonesia.
Key findings:
In late 2022…
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