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Eagerbee backdoor deployed against Middle Eastern govt orgs, ISPs
New variants of the Eagerbee malware framework are being deployed against government organizations and internet service providers (ISPs) in the Middle East. Previously, the malware was seen in attacks conducted by Chinese state-backed threat actors who Sophos tracked as ‘Crimson Palace.’ According to a new report by Kaspersky researchers, there’s a potential connection to a threat group they call ‘CoughingDown,’ based…
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‘Bitter’ cyberspies target defense orgs with new MiyaRAT malware
A cyberespionage threat group known as ‘Bitter’ was observed targeting defense organizations in Turkey using a novel malware family named MiyaRAT. MiyaRAT is used alongside the WmRAT malware, which is cyberespionage malware previously associated with Bitter. Proofpoint discovered the campaign and reports that the new malware is likely reserved for high-value targets, deployed only sporadically. Bitter is a suspected South Asian…
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ESET partner breached to send data wipers to Israeli orgs
Hackers breached ESET’s exclusive partner in Israel to send phishing emails to Israeli businesses that pushed data wipers disguised as antivirus software for destructive attacks. A data wiper is malware that intentionally deletes all of the files on a computer and commonly removes or corrupts the partition table to make it harder to recover the data. In a phishing campaign that…
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