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fromThe Hacker News
1 week agoUNC5221 Uses BRICKSTORM Backdoor to Infiltrate U.S. Legal and Technology Sectors
A suspected China-nexus cyber espionage group used the BRICKSTORM backdoor to maintain long-term access to U.S. legal, SaaS, BPO, and technology organizations and steal data.
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fromThe Hacker News
4 weeks agoResearchers Warn of MystRodX Backdoor Using DNS and ICMP Triggers for Stealthy Control
MystRodX is a stealthy, flexible C++ backdoor that uses layered encryption, passive wake-up triggers via DNS/ICMP, and modular capabilities for remote control and data capture.
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fromThe Hacker News
1 month agoAmazon Disrupts APT29 Watering Hole Campaign Abusing Microsoft Device Code Authentication
Russia-linked APT29 ran a watering hole campaign redirecting visitors to attacker-controlled domains to trick users into authorizing devices via Microsoft's device code authentication flow.
fromThe Hacker News
2 months agoFire Ant Exploits VMware Flaws to Compromise ESXi Hosts and vCenter Environments
The threat actor leveraged combinations of sophisticated and stealthy techniques creating multilayered attack kill chains to facilitate access to restricted and segmented network assets within presumed to be isolated environments.
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fromSecuritymagazine
2 months agoThreat Actor Targeting Indian Defense Sector
APT36's focus on Linux-specific systems, particularly those used in government infrastructure, reinforces that no operating system is off-limits to nation-state attackers. This kind of multi-layered phishing attack highlights how threat actors are constantly evolving their tactics to quietly bypass defenses and exploit user trust.
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