"U.S. trade group hacked with Chinese software ahead of Xi summit"

Researchers at Fidelis Cybersecurity have discovered a malicious link placed on National Foreign Trade Council (NFTC) event registration web pages by a sophisticated hacking group supposedly in pursuit of Chinese government interests.  The NFTC is a private non-profit U.S. trade group that advocates for international trade policies with corporate members such as Amazon and Wal-Mart. The malicious link has been discovered to deploy a tool used for espionage called “Scanbox”. This article discusses the capabilities of this tool, suspected attackers utilizing this tool, and possible motives behind this attack.

Reuters reports "U.S. trade group hacked with Chinese software ahead of Xi summit"