The J-magic malware campaign stealthily targeted Juniper enterprise-grade routers, turning them into points of entry to corporate networks. Operating from mid-2023 to mid-2024, targets included semiconductor, energy, manufacturing, and IT sectors. The malware renamed itself to blend in, then awaited a “magic packet” from the cyber attacker to open a backdoor. Lumen’s Black Lotus Labs detected the increasing trend of “magic packet” malware, highlighting difficulty in detection and increasing awareness of this technique.
GhostGPT offers AI coding, phishing assistance for cybercriminals
GhostGPT, a generative AI (GenAI), is being utilised by cybercriminals to write malware code and phishing emails, according to Abnormal Security. Likely a version of
