Middle East telcos targeted by new malware with suspected nation-state backing

Telecommunications providers across the Middle East are being targeted with a new malware family that researchers are calling “HTTPSnoop.” Cybersecurity experts at Cisco Talos published research on Tuesday about two pieces of malware that are masquerading as legitimate security software components, including Palo Alto Networks’ Cortex XDR application and Microsoft’s Exchange Web Services (EWS) platform

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