China-Linked APT UAT-7810 Expands ORB Proxy Network with New Malware (infosecurity-magazine.com)

• Cisco Talos tracks China-linked APT UAT-7810 expanding its LapDogs ORB network
• Group exploits unpatched Ruckus and ASUS router vulnerabilities to hijack devices
• Discovered new backdoors: LONGLEASH, DOGLEASH, and JARLEASH with Chinese comments

"Cisco Talos reports that China-linked APT UAT-7810 is expanding its Operational Relay Box (ORB) network using new malware, including backdoors LONGLEASH, DOGLEASH, and JARLEASH. The group exploits vulnerabilities in Ruckus and ASUS routers to hijack devices for relay networks used by other threat actors."