Cybersecurity researchers have taken the wraps off a previously undocumented and stealthy custom malware called SockDetour that targeted U.S.-based defense contractors with the goal of being used as a secondary implant on compromised Windows hosts. “SockDetour is a backdoor that
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US defense contractors repeatedly targeted by Russian hackers: feds
Moscow-backed hackers have zeroed in on American defense contractors in recent months, the federal government said Wednesday. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, part of the Department of Homeland Security, released an alert warning that malevolent cyber actors have infiltrated