New TCESB Malware Found in Active Attacks Exploiting ESET Security Scanner
A threat actor with ties to China, well-known for its cyberattacks in Asia, has been seen delivering an as-yet-undiscovered virus called TCESB by taking advantage of a security hole in ESET's security software.
According to an investigation released this week by Kaspersky, [TCESB], which was not previously observed in ToddyCat assaults, is made to covertly carry out payloads in order to get beyond security and monitoring technologies that are installed on the device.
A threat activity cluster known as "ToddyCat" has been responsible for attacks on multiple Asian entities since at least December 2020.
The hacker gang used a variety of technologies to sustain continuous access to infiltrated environments and collect data on a "industrial scale" from Asia-Pacific enterprises, accord...