Dubbed "ChattyGoblin," the China-backed actors use chatbots to scam Southeast Asian gambling companies.
May 12, 2023 By Dark Reading Staff
A campaign dating back to October 2021 has turned its attention toward Southeast Asian gambling operations with a sneaky new tactic — targeting customer support agents with chatbots.
Researchers at ESET dubbed the campaign "ChattyGoblin" and traced it back to threat groups backed by China. ESET added that the threat actors rely primarily on Comm100 — which was first observed and documented by CrowdStrike — and LiveHelp apps.
