Mysterious Chinese hacking group spotted for first time in two years

GhostEmperor, a Chinese hacking group notorious for its sophisticated cyberattacks on Southeast Asian telecommunications and government entities, has reappeared after over two years of silence. The group was discovered by cybersecurity company Sygnia, which noticed its client’s network was compromised and used to access another victim’s systems. The team found GhostEmperor using a more advanced set of tools, including a kernel-level rootkit, for stealthy operations, sparking concerns about the increasing sophistication of cybersecurity threats.