China-Linked TA416 Targets European Governments with PlugX and OAuth-Based Phishing

2026-04-03T19:24:08Za5f5085b2915ab6ad79886602967b4c0c5459566f511c3e6946292a350a474e6
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What happened

A wave of high-impact incidents and active campaigns was reported across multiple fronts: China-linked TA416 is targeting European government and diplomatic organizations with OAuth-based phishing and PlugX payloads; North Korean actors (UNC1069) executed a targeted social‑engineering compromise of the Axios npm package; a novel cookie-controlled PHP web‑shell technique is being used for persistent remote code execution on Linux hosts; and a new SparkCat mobile trojan variant is stealing crypto wallet recovery images. Other notable events include a $285M Drain on the Solana DEX Drift linked to

Why it matters

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2026-04-03T19:24:08Z
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