A cyberespionage campaign is targeting industrial organisations in the Asia-Pacific region using the sophisticated FatalRAT malware, reports Kaspersky ICS CERT. The malware, distributed via disguised email, WeChat and Telegram messages, contacts Youdao Cloud Notes to get a list of second-stage loaders to evade detection. It exploits existing software to remain unnoticed, and has capabilities such as system manipulation, data deletion and command executions. A Chinese-speaking threat actor is suspected.

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