The Mustang Panda malware also implements an exception handler that executes when ESET applications are not found. In these instances, the malicious code is directly injected into waitfor.exe using ...

the malware components, and a decoy PDF to serve as a diversion. When ESET antivirus products are detected (ekrn.exe or egui.exe) on a compromised machine, Mustang Panda employs a unique evasion ...

A Chinese hacking group tracked as Earth Preta and Mustang Panda has been spotted using the Microsoft Application Virtualization Injector to dodge antivirus software by injecting malicious code into ...

The question is no longer if Taiwan will be targeted, but whether it will be ready when the next cyberattack hits.

Purchasing malware, credentials ... linked to a Chinese espionage group tracked under the names Fireant, Mustang Panda, and Earth Preta. The variant also had similarities to the PlugX type ...

During the incident, the attacker deployed a “distinct toolset” that is only associated with China-linked espionage actors, particularly Mustang Panda. The researchers ... and control flow flattening.

Ransomware groups (those who develop the malware and run the data leak site ... to a Chinese APT group tracked in the industry as Mustang Panda, Earth Preta, Fireant, or PKPLUG.