DownEx cyberespionage operation targets Central Asia

A new sophisticated malware strain, dubbed DownEx, was involved in attacks aimed at Government organizations in Central Asia. In late 2022, Bitdefender Labs researchers first observed a highly targeted cyberattack targeting foreign government institutions in Kazakhstan that involved a new sophisticated strain of malware dubbed DownEx. Later the researchers detected another attack in Afghanistan that allowed them to […]

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