Alloy Taurus

Pierluigi Paganini April 26, 2023
China-linked Alloy Taurus APT uses a Linux variant of PingPull malware

China-linked threat actor tracked as Alloy Taurus is using a Linux variant of the PingPull backdoor and a new tool dubbed Sword2033. Researchers from Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 recently observed the China-linked Alloy Taurus group  (aka GALLIUM, Softcell) targeting Linux systems with a new variant of PingPull backdoor. While investigating the activity of the group, the […]