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A custom CovalentStealer malware, the Impacket framework, the HyperBro remote access trojan (RAT), and over a dozen China Chopper webshell samples were used by attackers to steal sensitive data from a U.S. organization in the Defense Industrial Base (DIB) sector.

Researchers discovered a new phishing campaign targeting U.S. and New Zealand job seekers. Victims receive emails supposedly presenting them with a lucrative job offer, but which actually contain malicious files.

CommonSpirit Health, one of the largest nonprofit hospitals in the US, has seemingly been hit by a cyberattack. The organization faced a disruption of its IT systems that led to some delays in patient care.

The Lazarus APT group is using job offers as a lure to infect people in their latest campaign. The threat actors are sending out messages that proport to contain a job offer from the Crypto.com financial exchange company.

Optus, a subsidiary of Singtel with over 10.5 million subscribers and Australia's second-largest mobile operator, has disclosed a security breach. Attackers claim to have obtained the data of 11 million customers, and have demanded $1 million in ransom. A small sample of the stolen data was initially published online.

A previously unknown threat actor named "Metador" has been breaching telecommunication companies, internet services providers (ISPs), and universities across multiple countries in the Middle East and Africa for about two years.