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A New Software Supply – Chain Attack Targeted Millions With Spyware

Cybersecurity researchers disclose a new supply chain attack targeting online gamers by compromising the update mechanism of NoxPlayer, a free Android emulator for PCs and Macs. The highly-targeted surveillance campaign involved distributing three different malware families via tailored malicious updates to selected victims based in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Sri Lanka. The malware loaders used in the attack shared similarities with that of a compromise of Myanmar presidential office website in 2018 and a breach of a Hong Kong university last year, ESET said.

Source: https://thehackernews.com/2021/02/a-new-software-supplychain-attack.html

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