Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻💻🧬<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/SaltTyphoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SaltTyphoon</span></a> hackers backdoor <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/telcos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>telcos</span></a> with new <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/GhostSpider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GhostSpider</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/malware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>malware</span></a><br>The backdoor was discovered by Trend Micro, which has been monitoring Salt Typhoon's attacks against critical infrastructure and government organizations worldwide.<br>Along with GhostSpider, Trend Micro discovered that the threat group also uses a previously documented <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> backdoor named '<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/MasolRAT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MasolRAT</span></a>,' a <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/rootkit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rootkit</span></a> named '<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Demodex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Demodex</span></a>,' and a modular backdoor shared among <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/APT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>APT</span></a> groups named '<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/SnappyBee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SnappyBee</span></a>.'<br><a href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/salt-typhoon-hackers-backdoor-telcos-with-new-ghostspider-malware/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bleepingcomputer.com/news/secu</span><span class="invisible">rity/salt-typhoon-hackers-backdoor-telcos-with-new-ghostspider-malware/</span></a></p>