Earth Preta’s DOPLUGS Leaves its Mark in Asia

Summary: The Chinese threat actor, Earth Preta, strategically targeted numerous Asian countries by employing a customized version of the PlugX backdoor known as DOPLUGS. This sophisticated threat was allegedly revealed during the SMUGX campaign in July 2023. Threat Level - Red | Attack Report For...

Mustang Panda Targets Asia with Advanced PlugX Variant DOPLUGS

The China-linked threat actor known as Mustang Panda has targeted various Asian countries using a variant of the PlugX aka Korplug backdoor dubbed DOPLUGS. "The piece of customized PlugX malware is dissimilar to the general type of the PlugX malware that contains a completed backdoor command...

Earth Preta Campaign Uses DOPLUGS to Target Asia

In this blog entry, we focus on Earth Preta's campaign that employed a variant of the DOPLUGS malware to target Asian countries...