Silk Typhoon Strikes Again: Diplomat Web Traffic Hijacked in Malware Ruse!
Silk Typhoon hackers are making waves again, this time by hijacking web traffic to diplomats and sending them to malware-serving websites. Their advanced adversary-in-the-middle technique is like digital pickpocketing, redirecting unsuspecting targets to fake Adobe updates. This cyber espionage drama unfolds with a side of malware mischief, courtesy of the infamous Silk Typhoon.
Hot Take:
Diplomacy meets digital deceit! While diplomats were busy practicing their poker faces, Silk Typhoon decided to play their own game of cyber chess, proving once again that malware is the new diplomatic immunity. Who knew diplomacy could be this electrifying? Well, Silk Typhoon did, evidently, as they hijacked web traffic with all the grace of a cat burglar with a PhD in computer science.
Key Points:
- Silk Typhoon hackers used an adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) technique to hijack web traffic of diplomats.
- They redirected users to a malware-laden site disguised as an Adobe plugin update page.
- The attack involved a multi-stage malware delivery using DLL side-loading to deploy a PlugX variant.
- Google’s threat intelligence team linked this activity to the Chinese threat actor TEMP.Hex, aka Mustang Panda.
- Google has taken defensive actions by blocking domains and providing detection rules for the cyberattack.