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Chinese Hackers Deploy Rootkit to Stealthily Mask ToneShell Malware


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2025-12-30 17:31:40
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A sophisticated cyberespionage campaign leveraging kernel-mode rootkit technology has been discovered targeting government organizations across Southeast and East Asia, with Myanmar and Thailand bearing the brunt of attacks. Security researchers identified a malicious driver delivering the ToneShell backdoor, a hallmark tool of the Chinese-nexus HoneyMyte APT group, also tracked as Mustang Panda or Bronze President. […]


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Mayura Kathir

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