According to a recent study from incident response service Sygnia, Chinese state-sponsored hackers allegedly spent more than four years within the systems of a major Asian telecoms business.
Under the moniker Weaver Ant, the cybersecurity firm is monitoring the behavior and characterizes the threat actor as cunning and extremely persistent. The telecom provider’s name was kept a secret.
According to Sygnia, the attackers remained persistent and made cyber espionage easier by using web shells and tunneling. By gathering sensitive data, the group responsible for this intrusion [] sought to enable cyber espionage and obtain and sustain ongoing access to telecommunications companies.
According to reports, the attack chain included dropping two distinct web shells by taking advantage of a public-facing application read more about Chinese Hackers Breach Asian Telecom Remain Undetected for Over 4 Years.
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