Thursday, April 18, 2024

Russian hackers Deploy New 'Kapeka' Backdoor in Eastern European Attacks

Bad news! How close is the enemy (or the megalomaniac and war criminal Putin the Terrible)

"A previously undocumented "flexible" backdoor called Kapeka has been "sporadically" observed in cyber attacks targeting Eastern Europe, including Estonia and Ukraine, since at least mid-2022.

The findings come from Finnish cybersecurity firm WithSecure, which attributed the malware to the Russia-linked advanced persistent threat (APT) group tracked as Sandworm (aka APT44 or Seashell Blizzard). Microsoft is tracking the same malware under the name KnuckleTouch. ...
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Russian APT Deploys New 'Kapeka' Backdoor in Eastern European Attacks



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