Hackers Are Using Discord Emojis To Command Linux Malware
The newly discovered Linux malware, DISGOMOJI, has been attributed to a Pakistan-based threat actor known as UTA0137. It is written in Golang and compiled for Linux systems. Volexity assesses with high confidence that UTA0137 has espionage-related objectives and a remit to target government entities in India. Based on Volexitys analysis, UTA0137s campaigns appear to have been successful. Volexity also uncovered that UTA0137 used DirtyPipe (CVE-2022-0847) privilege escalation exploits against vulnerable BOSS 9 systems....