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Malaysia covers cybersecurity and information-security developments connected to Malaysia, including incidents, policy, privacy, advisories, research, and news affecting organizations, public services, and digital systems in the area.
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The threat actors behind a malware family known as Winos 4.0 (aka ValleyRAT) have expanded their targeting footprint from China and Taiwan to target Japan and Malaysia with another remote access trojan (RAT) tracked as HoldingHands RAT (aka Gh0stBins)
Attacks Move From China to Malaysia Using Phishing PDFsSeemingly unrelated attacks targeting Chinese-speakers throughout the Asia-Pacific region with a remote access trojan trace back to the same threat actor, says researchers. Hackers' most likely motivation is regional intelligence collection.