Tag: backdoor

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia and MONTREAL, June 11, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ESET Research’s tracking of OceanLotus activities from 2024–2026 has revealed a shift in operational focus as the Vietnam-aligned group adopted a more selective approach to external operations while placing increasing emphasis on domestic espionage. ESET researchers identified two distinct campaigns involving the SPECTRALVIPER backdoor: a supply-chain attack targeting stock market investors in Vietnam, and a prolonged espionage operation against a Vietnamese infrastructure and transport construction company.

NEW YORK, July 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bragar Eagel & Squire, P.C., a nationally recognized shareholder rights law firm, is investigating potential claims against AppLovin Corporation (NASDAQ:APP) on behalf of long-term stockholders following a class action complaint that was filed against AppLovin on March 5, 2025 with a Class Period from May 10, 2023 to March 26, 2025.. Our investigation concerns whether the board of directors of AppLovin have breached their fiduciary duties to the company.

MONTREAL and BRATISLAVA, Slovakia, June 05, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Iran-aligned threat group BladedFeline has targeted Kurdish and Iraqi government officials in a recent cyber-espionage campaign, according to ESET researchers. The group deployed a range of malicious tools discovered within the compromised systems, indicating a continued effort to maintain and expand access to high-ranking officials and government organizations in Iraq and the Kurdish region. The latest campaign highlights BladedFeline’s evolving capabilities, featuring two tunneling tools (Laret and Pinar), various supplementary tools, and, most notably, a custom backdoor Whisper and a malicious Internet Information Services (IIS) module PrimeCache, both identified and named by ESET.