Moonlighting
Chinese Threat Group conducting espionage found moonlighting with ransomware
For years, cyber threat actors have been launching attacks to spread malware and deploy tools for intelligence gathering, often driven by financial motives. However, a recent development has caught the attention of cybersecurity researchers—state-sponsored hackers assigned to espionage operations are now moonlighting as ransomware operators. Moonlighting, in technical terms, refers to employees using official resources […]