Malware linked to Salt Typhoon used to hack telcos around the world

Trend Micro published research on Salt Typhoon (Earth Estries/UNC2286), characterizing it as a highly sophisticated Chinese APT that has used exploited vulnerabilities, legitimate admin tools, modular backdoors (GhostSpider, SnappyBee, Masol RAT), and a resilient C2 and operational structure to infiltrate telecoms and government targets globally; the report highlights significant espionage risk and persistence in compromised networks while noting no definitive proof the analyzed malware was used in the specific U.S. telecom hack.