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India has become a major source of cybersecurity threats in China: security expert


A group of cyber hackers based in India have become a major headache for China’s cybersecurity.

A security expert has said while many think the US poses the biggest cybersecurity threat to China, a lot of attacks come from South Asia One India-based group of hackers, known as ‘Bitter’, has used various methods to target government, military and nuclear sectors Spear phishing involves sending targeted individuals bait documents or links via email, which, when opened, deploy Trojans to download malicious modules, steal data and allow further instructions from the attackers. Hackers also posed as military contractors offering anti-drone systems to the Bangladeshi Air Force and even exploited compromised email accounts to spread malicious files under the guise of New Year greetings.

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