The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) recently confirmed that it authorized the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to hack thousands of US computers to prevent Chinese malware from taking ...

A version of “PlugX” malware used by Chinese state-backed hackers has been deleted from thousands of US computers worldwide following a multi-month law enforcement operation, the US Department of ...

U.S. federal law enforcement said Tuesday it deleted more than 4,000 instances of malware used in a Chinese cyberespionage operation after a European partner gained control of the malware's command ...

The malware’s command server appears to be based in Tokyo and was accessed by French authorities who helped craft the code needed to remove the infection. Cyber Threats FBI Malware The FBI on Tuesday ...

The FBI and Department of Justice have removed China-linked malware from more than 4,200 U.S. computers, in a court-authorized operation targeting a Beijing-sponsored hacking group. The operation, ...

The Department of Justice and the FBI shared today that they have completed a project to remove malware used by Chinese hackers from computers in the US. The effort was essentially a court-approved ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In a press release shared on the US Justice Department (DoJ) website, it was said a Chinese state-sponsored threat actor called ...

A remote access Trojan that's a staple of Chinese nation-state hacking is part of an ongoing campaign targeting telecom and manufacturing sectors in Central and South Asian countries. See Also: ...

An international law enforcement operation deleted malware used by Chinese threat actors from 4,200 computers in what has become a common practice for the FBI and U.S. Justice Department. A ...

The US Justice Department and the FBI said on Jan. 14 that they were able to delete "PlugX" malware from thousands of devices globally as part of a cooperative effort. The operation spanned a series ...

Researchers have sinkholed a command and control server for a variant of the PlugX malware and observed in six months more than 2.5 million connections from unique IP addresses. Since last September, ...