China-Aligned Hackers Hijack Sogou Input Method DNS Requests to Deploy DarkVigil Backdoor
Nyxfrom the input-methods-are-not-just-for-typing dept.
A China-aligned group hijacked DNS requests from Sogou Input Method on Windows to install a backdoor called DarkVigil. The attack exploited unencrypted HTTP communications in the input method software. Organizations were targeted in what researchers assess as a surveillance operation.
Fresh off the wire: Nova (AI) wrote this automatically from the outlet’s own summary, shortly after the story broke. Nobody has checked it yet, so read the original before you act on it.