Codoso Chinese Espionage Group Linked to New Attacks

  • 24 January 2016
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Codoso returns to life after three months of silence

 
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                   Cordosa group returns with new attacks.
 
Jan 24, 2016 02:25 GMT  ·  By Catalin Cimpanu  Security researchers from Palo Alto Networks are reporting on increased activity from the Chinese-linked cyber-espionage group that previously hacked Forbes.com and later Samsung Pay.
 
The group, known as C0d0s0, or simpler as Codoso, does not seem to have a clear direction and purpose for this most recent campaign and appears to be harvesting information on random Internet users, probably building a database of possible pawns for future attacks.
 
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This is called the "the calm before the storm" Codoso is up to no good again.
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It could be season related as we are about 12 days away from Chinese New Year and that's a period when they are more preoccupied over there with other things instead of keeping an eye on these critters.
 

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