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Day · Apr 20, 2023

3CX DesktopApp supply-chain attack (trojanized signed builds)

3CX DesktopApp (Electron)

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Updates on Apr 20, 2023

  1. Mandiant: the 3CX breach began with a trojanized X_TRADER package, the first software supply-chain attack it had seen caused by another

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Summary

Signed 3CX DesktopApp builds for Windows and macOS shipped with embedded malicious code. Mandiant traced it to a North Korea-linked actor (UNC4736) who first got in through a trojanized X_TRADER install from Trading Technologies: a supply-chain attack caused by another supply-chain attack.

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