Taiwan-, Singapore-, and Hong Kong-based semiconductor companies have been subjected to a new China-linked cyberespionage operation that sought to facilitate Cobalt Strike beacon infections, reports BleepingComputer. Spear-phishing emails may have been leveraged by attackers to deliver the HyperBro loader that displays a file purportedly from the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company while deploying a Cobalt Strike beacon through DLL side-loading, Ecletic researchers reported.

Source: SC Magazine