The advanced persistent threat (APT) group known as APT3, which researchers across the board link to the Chinese government, has built a full in-house battery of exploits and cybertools collectively dubbed “UPSynergy.” An analysis of the toolkit has uncovered a geopolitical cat-and-mouse spy game: It turns out that many parts of the package are likely gleaned from watching attacks by the National Security Agency’s Equation Group APT on target networks where APT3 also has a presence.

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