Charming Kitten’s POWERSTAR Malware Boosts its Techniques

Cybersecurity researchers recently published an advisory on the evolution of POWERSTAR backdoor malware and advanced spear-phishing techniques used by Charming Kitten, a threat actor believed to be from Iran. The most recent version of POWERSTAR has improved operational security measures, making it more difficult to analyze and gather intelligence on this malware. According to Volexity, […]

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