China-Aligned Hackers Hijack Sogou Input Method DNS Requests to Deploy DarkVigil Backdoor

November 4, 2026 · 11:24 am 1 sources

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• China-Aligned Hackers Hijack Sogou Input Method DNS Requests to Deploy DarkVigil Backdoor
  The Hacker News · November 4, 2026 11:24
  A China-aligned threat actor known as SlippyNunchucks has been attributed to a Domain Name System (DNS) hijacking operation abusing insecure HTTP communications in Windows versions of Sogou Input Method as part of a surveillance campaign designed to deploy an implant called DarkVigil (aka FDMTP).…