US military, Taiwan orgs targeted by reemerging HiatusRAT malware

New reconnaissance attacks against a U.S. Department of Defense server involved in defense contracts and Taiwan-based semiconductor and chemical firms have been deployed by threat operation behind the HiatusRAT malware, which has reemerged months after a cyberespionage campaign against European and Latin American organizations that involved the exploitation of business-grade routers, The Hacker News reports.

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