Since 2021, prominent Asian government and telecom organizations have been the focus of a campaign aimed at installing loaders and basic backdoors for the purpose of spreading advanced malware.
The activity is being monitored by cybersecurity firm Check Point under the moniker Stayin’ Alive. Organizations in Vietnam, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, and Kazakhstan are among the targets.
It stated in a report released on Wednesday that “the tools’ basic nature […] and their wide variation suggests they are disposable, mostly utilized to download and run additional payloads.” These tools don’t have anything in common with one another and don’t appear to have any obvious code overlaps with any recognized actors’ products read more Researchers Uncover Ongoing Attacks Targeting Asian Governments and Telecom Giants.
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