A Chinese-linked cyberespionage group targeted U.S. government and policy-related officials with Venezuela-themed phishing emails in the days after the U.S. operation to topple Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. The specific targets of the hacking campaign were not clear, according to the researchers, and it was not clear if any of them were compromised. If implanted, the malware would allow its operators to steal data from targeted computers and enable persistence for ongoing access.The researchers suspect the malware targeted U.S. government entities and unnamed policy-related entities based on technical indicators associated with the sample that was uploaded for analysis, and the types of organizations historically targeted by Mustang Panda. Is China trying to flex its cyber muscles ?
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