Mark Kelly
Staff Threat Researcher at Proofpoint specializing in tracking China-aligned espionage actors and phishing campaigns, presenting research on TA416's campaigns against diplomatic and government targets.
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May 9, 2026 • 3min
The spy who logged me in. [Research Saturday]
Mark Kelly, Staff Threat Researcher at Proofpoint who tracks China-aligned espionage, discusses TA416's resurgence against European diplomatic and government targets. He covers tracking-pixel reconnaissance, phishing from compromised diplomatic mailboxes, evolving infection chains like fake CAPTCHA and OAuth abuse, Pivot to Middle East targets, and persistent PlugX backdoor use.
