Sygnia Says 'Weaver Ant' Is the Latest Chinese Threat to Networks

Cybersecurity company Sygnia identified a new network threat from China, which it calls Weaver Ant. “Nation-state threat actors like Weaver Ant are incredibly dangerous and persistent with the primary goal of infiltrating critical infrastructure and collecting as much information as they can before being discovered,” the company said Monday. “Multiple layers of web shells concealed malicious payloads, allowing the threat actor to move laterally within the network and remain evasive.”