“There is strong evidence to suggest the malware, Backdoor.Daxin, which allows the attacker to perform various communications and data-gathering operations on the infected computer, has been used as recently as November 2021 by attackers linked to China,” Symantec’s researchers said Monday on the company’s blog.
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“Initial indications suggest that the attacks may have been in preparation for some time,” Symantec said on the company’s blog.
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