The FBI recently achieved a significant victory by removing malicious software called PlugX from over 4,000 computers and networks across the United States. This malware, created by a hacker group ...

The FBI confirmed the deletion of Chinese malware from 4,258 U.S.-based computers in a court-authorized operation that lasted ...

More than 4,000 U.S. computers and networks have had malware files deleted by the FBI, which said it did not collect other ...

A malware family known as PlugX is designed to remotely control infected machines, a threat that's existed since 2008. A ...

The malware, controlled by the Chinese cyber espionage group Mustang Panda (also tracked as Twill Typhoon), infected thousands of systems using a PlugX variant with a wormable component that ...

The People's Republic of China (PRC) government paid the Mustang Panda group to develop a version of PlugX malware used to infect, control, and steal information from victim computers, the FBI said.

The FBI has recently conducted a large-scale operation to hack approximately 4,200 computers across the United States, ...

The PlugX worm, often linked to Mustang Panda, can spread through infected flash drives, making it highly pervasive. After gaining control of a key command-and-control (C2) server in 2023, Sekoia ...

Federal authorities announced Tuesday that they have erased Chinese malware from thousands of computers across the United States.

According to the Justice Department, the Chinese government allegedly paid a group of domestic cybersecurity researchers known as “Mustang Panda” to develop a specific variant of PlugX malware.

The malware, a variant of the PlugX malicious software, was under the control of China-state sponsored hackers Mustang Panda, which also goes by Twill Typhoon. According to court documents ...