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SilkParasite: New Espionage Group Hits Central Asian Governments With Five Unseen Hacking Tools

Researchers have named a fresh spying operation running seven remote-access tools against government offices across the region, five of them never seen before.

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Hackers Are Using a Legitimate Remote-Access Tool to Spy on Companies, and Your Antivirus Won't Notice

A campaign called Smoke#Screen tricks employees into installing ScreenConnect, a genuine remote-support program, which then hands criminals full control of the victim's computer while looking completely normal to security software.

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BTMOB Android spyware splinters into a messy resale market

What started as a single Android remote-access tool for hire has fractured into resellers, source-code buyers and impersonators trading under the same name.

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Cruciferra: The Malware-Hiding Service Fuelling Attacks on Indian Taxpayers

A China-linked group is using a paid tool called Cruciferra to smuggle remote-access malware onto Windows machines, with tax-themed phishing emails as the way in.

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LabubaRAT: New Rust Malware Poses as NVIDIA Software to Sneak Onto Windows PCs

Researchers at Blackpoint Cyber say the newly named tool gives attackers a quiet, reusable way back into infected machines.

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Fake Tax Emails Are Planting Two Separate Spying Tools on Indian Taxpayers' Computers

A campaign timed to India's tax filing season tricks people into downloading what looks like an official government utility. Inside: two hidden programs that give criminals full remote control of the victim's machine.

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Fake IT Helpdesk Calls on Microsoft Teams Are Planting EtherRAT on Company PCs

Attackers pose as internal support staff over Teams voice calls, then walk employees through installing remote-access tools that drop a Node.js trojan.

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QuimaRAT: A New Rent-a-Malware Kit That Hits Windows, Mac and Linux

Researchers at LevelBlue say the Java-based remote access tool is being sold as a subscription, starting at $150 a month, and works across all three major desktop systems.

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TA558 Is Back, Targeting Hotels and Airlines With Fake Booking Emails

A criminal group that has quietly stolen travel-industry data since 2018 has dramatically ramped up its fake-reservation campaigns, now using compressed file tricks to sneak spying software onto victims' computers.

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