China-Linked APT Expands Arsenal With New ‘Leash’ Backdoors

A China-linked advanced persistent threat has added new backdoors to its toolkit, including LongLeash, DogLeash, and JarLeash. These backdoors are part of the malware used to target SOHO routers in the LapDogs campaign. Cisco has identified the expansion of the threat actor's arsenal. The new backdoors suggest an evolution in the threat actor's capabilities. The LapDogs campaign is associated with a China-linked threat actor. The addition of LongLeash, DogLeash, and JarLeash backdoors expands the threat actor's SOHO router malware toolkit.