Aug. 8, 2023, 8:53 a.m. | info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)

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An unknown threat actor is using a variant of the Yashma ransomware to target various entities in English-speaking countries, Bulgaria, China, and Vietnam at least since June 4, 2023.
Cisco Talos, in a new write-up, attributed the operation with moderate confidence to an adversary of likely Vietnamese origin.
"The threat actor uses an uncommon technique to deliver the ransom note," security

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