{"id":91952,"date":"2020-08-07T04:35:15","date_gmt":"2020-08-07T11:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/?p=91952"},"modified":"2026-08-08T06:03:55","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T13:03:55","slug":"u-s-exposes-chinese-malware-taidoor-weekly-privacy-news-august-7-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/u-s-exposes-chinese-malware-taidoor-weekly-privacy-news-august-7-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. exposes Chinese malware Taidoor &#8211; Weekly privacy news, August 7, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: August 7, 2020\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OwwZFSJSZE8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Privacy News Online&#8217;s weekly video recap includes the top privacy stories, hosted by tech news commentator Brian Tong.<\/p>\n<p>Each episode includes a cybersecurity news segment hosted by Intego&#8217;s Chief Security Analyst, Josh Long. This week&#8217;s video features the following security story.<\/p>\n<h3>CISA, FBI, DoD expose new variants of Taidor malware, publicly accuse China<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-76249\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Flag_of_the_Peoples_Republic_of_China-320px-150x100.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Flag_of_the_Peoples_Republic_of_China-320px-150x100.png 150w, https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Flag_of_the_Peoples_Republic_of_China-320px-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Flag_of_the_Peoples_Republic_of_China-320px.png 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>On Monday, three United States government agencies\u2014the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Department of Defense (DoD)\u2014issued a joint <a href=\"https:\/\/us-cert.cisa.gov\/ncas\/analysis-reports\/ar20-216a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Malware Analysis Report<\/a> detailing a Remote Access Trojan known as Taidoor. The earliest known variants of Taidoor were first observed in 2008, but the latest variants detailed in the report <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/cisa-dod-fbi-expose-new-chinese-malware-strain-named-taidoor\/\">appear to have been in the wild since early 2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">According to the report, the FBI &#8220;has high confidence that Chinese government actors are using malware variants in conjunction with proxy servers to maintain a presence on victim networks and to further network exploitation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The report concludes with a number of recommendations for protecting computers from Taidoor and other threats, first and foremost: use antivirus software, and keep it up to date.<\/p>\n<p>The Taidoor variants described in the report are designed to infect Windows operating systems. If a Mac variant comes to light, we&#8217;ll be sure to let you know.<\/p>\n<h3>Privacy news stories<\/h3>\n<p>For the rest of this week&#8217;s privacy news\u2014including how T-Mobile shadow-banned customers for sending texts containing the word &#8220;belly&#8221;\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OwwZFSJSZE8&amp;list=PLL1eIqHwwN-MY4WwZvjNYcqo02CbtoB7J\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">watch this eight-minute video<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You can subscribe to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/Privateinternetaccess?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Private Internet Access YouTube channel<\/a> and click the \ud83d\udd14\u00a0to get notified when new videos are uploaded each Friday.<\/p>\n<h3>More security news, plus Apple news<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/intego-mac-podcast\/id1293834627\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-71818\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/ios9-podcasts-app-tile-150x150.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 50px) 100vw, 50px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/ios9-podcasts-app-tile-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/ios9-podcasts-app-tile-32x32.png 32w, https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/ios9-podcasts-app-tile-50x50.png 50w, https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/ios9-podcasts-app-tile-64x64.png 64w, https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/ios9-podcasts-app-tile-96x96.png 96w, https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/ios9-podcasts-app-tile-128x128.png 128w, https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/ios9-podcasts-app-tile.png 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" data-pagespeed-url-hash=\"2337344131\" \/><\/a>For more weekly news and commentary, particularly about Apple and security topics, <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/intego-mac-podcast\/id1293834627\" rel=\"noopener\">subscribe<\/a> to the <a href=\"https:\/\/podcast.intego.com\/\"><strong>Intego Mac Podcast<\/strong><\/a>. Veteran Mac journalist Kirk McElhearn and Intego&#8217;s Josh Long host our weekly audio discussion show.<\/p>\n<p>Sign up for Intego&#8217;s <strong>e-mail newsletter<\/strong> and follow <strong>The Mac Security Blog<\/strong> for more Apple and security news. And don&#8217;t forget to follow Intego on your favorite social and media channels: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Intego\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/intego_security\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IntegoSecurity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/IntegoVideo?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (click the \ud83d\udd14 to get notified about new videos on Intego&#8217;s own YouTube channel).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week in privacy news: the FBI publicly accused China of creating Taidoor malware, T-Mobile shadow-banned customers for texting the word belly, and 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