The Turla hacking crew, which is linked to Russia, has updated its known second-stage backdoor, Kazuar, to increase its stealth, detection evasion and efforts to thwart analysis. Cybersecurity firm Palo Alto Networks found Kazuar, initially identified in 2017, has evolved, offering a wider range of features, stealth and complex command execution control. Diminished communication and idle modes when being analysed or debugged also help it remain covert.

Europol Dismantles SIM Farm Network Powering 49 Million Fake Accounts Worldwide
Europol on Friday announced the disruption of a sophisticated cybercrime-as-a-service (CaaS) platform that operated a SIM farm and enabled its customers to carry out a