New tool used in China-linked attacks against Asia-Pacific

Intrusions with the Waterbear backdoor and its updated variant dubbed "Deuterbear" have been deployed by China-linked threat operation BlackTech — also known as Earth Hundun, Manga Taurus, Circuit Panda, Temp.Overboard, Palmerwom, Red Djinn, and HUAPI — against government, research, and technology organizations across the Asia-Pacific, reports The Hacker News.

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