A new sample of the ToneShell backdoor, typically seen in Chinese cyberespionage campaigns, has been delivered through a kernel-mode loader in attacks against government organizations.

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To defend against the new attacks, the researchers advise memory forensics as the number one way of spotting ToneShell infections. They also shared a list of indicators of compromise (IoC) which can ...

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The Chinese-linked group Mustang Panda used a kernel-level rootkit to deploy undetectable TONESHELL malware, targeting ...

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Mustang Panda deployed TONESHELL via a signed kernel-mode rootkit, targeting Asian government networks and evading security ...