China-Linked PlugX and Bookworm Malware Attacks Target Asian Telecom and ASEAN Networks The Hacker [email protected] (The Hacker News)

Telecommunications and manufacturing sectors in Central and South Asian countries have emerged as the target of an ongoing campaign distributing a new variant of a known malware called PlugX (aka Korplug or SOGU).
“The new variant’s features overlap with both the RainyDay and Turian backdoors, including abuse of the same legitimate applications for DLL side-loading, the Telecommunications and manufacturing sectors in Central and South Asian countries have emerged as the target of an ongoing campaign distributing a new variant of a known malware called PlugX (aka Korplug or SOGU).
“The new variant’s features overlap with both the RainyDay and Turian backdoors, including abuse of the same legitimate applications for DLL side-loading, the 

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