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Purple Lambert, a new malware of CIA-linked Lambert APT group

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It is capable of providing an attacker with basic information about the infected system and executing a received payload.” ” The Lambert APT (aka Longhorn APT ) has been active since at least 2008, but its first samples were spotted in 2014.

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Iran-linked APT is exploiting the Zerologon flaw in attacks

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Microsoft researchers reported that Iranian cyber espionage group MuddyWater is exploiting the Zerologon vulnerability in attacks in the wild. Microsoft published a post and a series of tweets to warn of cyber attacks exploiting the Zerologon vulnerability carried out by the Iran-linked APT group known as MuddyWater , aka Mercury.