APT Billbug Victimized Asian Certification Authority and Government Agencies

FortiGuard Labs is aware of a report that APT group "Billbug" compromised a certificate authority (CA) as well as multiple government and defense organizations in Asia. Also known as Lotus Blossom and Thrip, the APT group reportedly has been active since 2009 and uses custom backdoor malware "Hannotog" and "Sagerunex" as well as available tools in compromised machines.Why is this Significant?This is significant because Billbug APT threat actor group targeted a certificate authority (CA). Should digital certificates be compromised, the …

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