Over 18k devices worldwide have had sensitive data stolen due to intrusions involving a trojanized XWorm RAT builder. The attackers used the aliases “@shinyenigma” and “milleniumrat” to target amateur threat actors. The altered XWorm RAT builder enables data theft, registry alteration, and virtualization checks via Telegram bot tokens and API calls. The attack follows the usage of XWorm by Russian hackers in Ukraine-targeted attacks.
Australian government bolsters healthcare industry cyber security
The Australian government is granting $6.4 million to the Critical Infrastructure – Information Sharing and Analysis Centre (CI-ISAC) to set up a cyber security information