Chinese Hackers Anticipated Barracuda ESG Patch

Threat Actor Deployed an Additional Backdoor to Select Targets
Chinese espionage hackers behind an eight-month campaign to hack Barracuda email security appliances intensified their focus on high-priority targets around the time the company moved to fix the zero-day flaw behind the campaign. A custom backdoor suggests China was prepared for remediation efforts.

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