Zeus targeting government and military workers

BleepingComputer reports that intrusions with the new OtterCookie malware and its updated iteration have been launched by North Korean threat actors against software developers as part of the Contagious Interview campaign, which initially involved the deployment of the BeaverTail and InvisibleFerret payloads.

BleepingComputer reports that intrusions involving a new Mirai-based botnet have been targeting Teltonika RUT9XX routers impacted by the CVE-2018-17532 flaw, TP-Link devices affected by CVE-2023-1389, and DigiEver DS-2105 Pro network video recorders with a yet-to-be patched remote code execution vulnerability as part of an attack campaign believed to have commenced in September.

Attacks with an updated C++ variant of the BellaCiao dropper malware dubbed "BellaCPP" have been deployed by Iranian state-backed threat operation Charming Kitten — also known as APT35, CharmingCypress, CALANQUE, Mind Sandstorm, TA453, Newscaster, and Yellow Garuda — to facilitate further payload delivery, according to The Hacker News.