Mustang Panda Adds Signed Windows Rootkit to CoolClient Backdoor for Stealth

The threat actor known as HoneyMyte (aka Mustang Panda) has been observed deploying an updated version of the CoolClient backdoor with a signed Windows kernel-mode rootkit that can hide and protect malicious processes, files, registry objects, and command-and-control (C2) network information.

Russian cybersecurity vendor Kaspersky said it identified victims in Myanmar, Mongolia, Pakistan,…

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Source: The Hacker News