Cybercriminals linked to China are going after Russian targets

A group of 7 hackers, 6 slightly blurred in the background and one in the foreground, all wearing black with hoods pulled up over their heads. You cannot see their faces. The hacker in the foreground sits with an open laptop in front of them. The background, behind the hackers, is a Chinese flag.

It would seem China and Russia aren’t exactly allies when it comes to cyberspace, as the latter has apparently spotted malware associated with the former on devices belonging to its government and IT providers.

Cybersecurity researchers from Kaspersky claim since late July, they spotted “dozens” of infected computers, all compromised in a campaign they called EastWind. These malware samples obtained in their analysis seem to have been developed by two China-nexus groups, called APT27, and APT31.