Dubbed ZouRAT, the malware has been deployed on devices in North America and Europe, as part of a sophisticated campaign targeting remote workers, which might have been conducted by a state-sponsored threat actor. At least 80 entities might have been impacted, the researchers estimate. The attacks, which started in October 2020, targeted known vulnerabilities in […]
A hacking group suspected of ties with the Chinese government and known for targeting telecommunication companies across Southeast Asia, Europe and Africa is using a new remote access Trojan dubbed PingPull, according to researchers at Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42. The group, known as Gallium and as Operation Soft Cell, deployed PingPull over the past […]
Dubbed Nerbian, the RAT is written in the Go programming language and packs numerous anti-analysis and anti-reversing features. The backdoor uses various open-source Go libraries for its operations and employs encryption routines that help it evade network analysis, Proofpoint says. Starting late April 2022, Proofpoint observed Nerbian RAT being distributed via phishing emails that claim […]
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