The activity appears to have been done for espionage purposes and Mandiant believes it has a “nexus to China,” an assessment that was made with only low confidence.
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Threat actors have been spreading the information-stealing malware-as-a-service Erbium as phony video game cracks and cheats in an effort to facilitate credential and cryptocurrency wallet theft, according to BleepingComputer.
Cyberattacks with the novel LOWZERO backdoor malware have been launched by Chinese advanced persistent threat group TA413, also known as LuckyCat, against Tibetan entities, The Hacker News reports.
Russian state-sponsored threat group APT28, also known as Fancy Bear, has been spreading the Graphite malware using a novel code execution approach involving mouse movement in Microsoft PowerPoint files, reports BleepingComputer.
This week, we're joined by Casey Ellis to discuss a Telco breach from a land down under, UK government sits out bug bounty boom but welcomes vulnerability disclosure, Karakurt Data Extortion Group, Microsoft Releases Workaround for ‘One-Click’ 0Day Under Active Attack, being caught with your pants down, & more!
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