Chinese State-Sponsored Hackers Deploy AI-Powered ARTEX Framework in Global Cyber Attacks

Chinese state-sponsored hackers have utilized the AI-powered ARTEX framework, a Go-based penetration testing tool, to target over 200 global organizations. The attacks are linked to the threat group Vapor Panda, tracked by CrowdStrike, indicating a coordinated effort against high-value targets.

Chinese state-sponsored threat actors have been observed using a Go-based artificial intelligence (AI)-powered penetration testing framework called ARTEX in attacks aimed at high-value targets simultaneously.

The activity has been attributed by CrowdStrike to a China-based "targeted intrusion adversary" it tracks under the moniker Vapor Panda (previously VexatiousTemper). First identified in

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