Chinese Hackers Deploy Fake News Site To Infect Government, Energy Targets

A Chinese cyber espionage group has been using a fake news site to infect government and energy industry targets in Australia, Malaysia and Europe with malware, according to a blog posted online Tuesday by

and PwC Threat Intelligence.

The group is known by several names, including APT40, Leviathan, TA423 and Red Ladon. Four of its members were indicted by the U.S. Department of…