A China-linked hacking group exploited a flaw in Sogou Input Method, one of the most widely used tools for typing Chinese characters on Windows, to install a backdoor on victims’ computers, security company Gen Digital said in research published Thursday.
The attack started with a crafted link and ended with the attacker able to do anything the logged-in user could do. Tencent, which owns A China-linked hacking group exploited a flaw in Sogou Input Method, one of the most widely used tools for typing Chinese characters on Windows, to install a backdoor on victims’ computers, security company Gen Digital said in research published Thursday.
The attack started with a crafted link and ended with the attacker able to do anything the logged-in user could do. Tencent, which owns The Hacker News