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North Korean hackers exploit Chrome zero-day to deploy rootkit
North Korean hackers have exploited a recently patched Google Chrome zero-day (CVE-2024-7971) to deploy the FudModule rootkit after gaining SYSTEM privileges using a Windows Kernel exploit. “We assess with high confidence that the observed exploitation of CVE-2024-7971 can be attributed to a North Korean threat actor targeting the cryptocurrency sector for financial gain,” Microsoft said on Friday, attributing the attacks…
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South Korean hackers exploited WPS Office zero-day to deploy malware
The South Korea-aligned cyberespionage group APT-C-60 has been leveraging a zero-day code execution vulnerability in the Windows version of WPS Office to install the SpyGlace backdoor on East Asian targets. WPS Office is a productivity suite developed by the Chinese firm Kingsoft that is popular in Asia. Reportedly, it has over 500 million active users worldwide. The zero-day flaw, tracked…
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