French authorities say the PlugX malware is “used in particular for espionage purposes.” In its statement Tuesday, the U.S. Justice Department accused the Chinese government of paying the ...

The effort was essentially a court-approved counter-hack that remotely deleted malware known as PlugX ... received backing from the Chinese government to use PlugX to infect, control and gather ...

As they found, the upgraded RAT malware supports dozens ... to spread RATs typically used by Chinese hacking groups, including PoisonIvy and PlugX. The Kaspersky report published on Thursday ...

Additionally, the PlugX Remote Access Trojan (RAT) remains an active threat, while command-and-control (C2) traffic associated with infostealers and malware loaders continues to escalate.