Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a previously undocumented threat group called Unfading Sea Haze that’s believed to have been active since 2018.
The intrusion singled out high-level organizations in South China Sea countries, particularly military and government targets, Bitdefender said in a report shared with The Hacker News.
“The investigation revealed a troubling

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The previously unknown malware (aka Hidden Shovel) is a ghost in the machine: It silently attacks kernel drivers to shut down security defense systems and thus evade detection.

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Rockwell Automation is urging its customers to disconnect all industrial control systems (ICSs) not meant to be connected to the public-facing internet to mitigate unauthorized or malicious cyber activity.
The company said it’s issuing the advisory due to “heightened geopolitical tensions and adversarial cyber activity globally.”
To that end, customers are required to take immediate

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Mandiant warns that defenders must rethink how to thwart Chinese cyber-espionage groups now using professional “infrastructure-as-a-service” operational relay box networks of virtual private servers as well as hijacked smart devices and routers.

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