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China Upgrades the Backdoor It Uses to Spy on Telcos Globally

Friday, March 27, 2026 at 04:48 PM UTC·Source: Dark Reading

Updated: Thursday, April 2, 2026 at 05:46 PM UTC

Executive Summary

Chinese APT Red Menshen's super-advanced BPFdoor malware defeats traditional cybersecurity protections. All telcos can do, really, is try hunting it down.

Analysis

Chinese APT Red Menshen's super-advanced BPFdoor malware defeats traditional cybersecurity protections. All telcos can do, really, is try hunting it down.
Source Attribution

Originally published by Dark Reading on Mar 27, 2026.

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