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

Security Affairs

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

Security Affairs

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.

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Top VC Firms in Cybersecurity of 2022

eSecurity Planet

Also read : Addressing Remote Desktop Attacks and Security. Born from two board members of AVG Technologies, Evolution Equity Partners started in 2008 to help US and European-based entrepreneurs in cybersecurity, enterprise software, and consumer-enterprise crossover segments. Evolution Equity Partners. NightDragon.