Multiple Backdoored Python Libraries Caught Stealing AWS Secrets and Keys

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Ravie Lakshmanan Researchers have discovered a number of malicious Python packages in the official third-party software repository that are engineered to exfiltrate AWS credentials and environment variables to a publicly …

State-Backed Hackers Using Ransomware as a Decoy for Cyber Espionage Attacks

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A China-based advanced persistent threat (APT) group is possibly deploying short-lived ransomware families as a decoy to cover up the true operational and tactical objectives behind its campaigns. The activity …