China-linked spies backdoored authentication stack to stay hidden for years (opens in new tab)

A China-linked cyber espionage group known as Velvet Ant spent nearly a decade inside the internal network of an unnamed organization without being detected, according to the results of a forensic investigation published by cybersecurity firm Sygnia. The group’s defining characteristic is the ability to maintain stealthy years-long persistence in target environments. In this particular case, booting them out also took considerable effort, as they managed to gain control of the full authentica...