Chinese Experts Uncover Details of Equation Group’s Bvp47 Covert Hacking Tool
Researchers from China’s Pangu Lab have disclosed details of a “top-tier” backdoor put to use by the Equation Group, an advanced persistent threat (APT) with alleged ties to the cyber-warfare intelligence-gathering unit of the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA). Dubbed “Bvp47” owing to numerous references to the string “Bvp” and the numerical value “0x47” used […]