A suspected South Asian cyber espionage threat group, Bitter, has targeted a Turkish defense sector using C++-malware tracked as WmRAT and MiyaRAT. This attack used data streams in a RAR archive to create a scheduled task on the target machine as part of a wider threat trend tracked by enterprise security provider, Proofpoint. The group’s previous targets have been in Asia and include China, Pakistan, India, Saudi Arabia, and Bangladesh.

NHS suppliers required to meet robust measures under Cyber Bill
The UK government has released its Cyber Security and Resilience Bill plans, seeking to bolster public service cyber defences, especially for the NHS. The legislation,