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on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @12:38PM from the security-woes dept. Researchers have discovered new "highly malleable, highly sophisticated" malware from a state-backed Chinese hacker group, according to Palo Alto Network's Unit 42 threat intelligence team. From a report: The malware "stands in a class of its own in terms of being one of the most sophisticated, well-engineered and difficult-to-detect samples of shellcode employed by an Advanced Persistent Threat (APT)," according to Unit 42. The malware, which Unit 42 has dubbed "BendyBear," bears some resemblance to the "WaterBear malware family" (hence the bear in the name), which has been associated with...
