Sophisticated Merdoor backdoor long used in Lancefly APT attacks

BleepingComputer reports that the novel advanced persistent threat operation Lancefly has been targeting South and Southeast Asian government, telecommunication, and aviation entities with the advanced custom Merdoor malware over the past five years.

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