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New malware families TELESHIM and others identified in targeted Middle East government espionage

Three previously undocumented malware families have been deployed against Middle Eastern government entities, utilizing Telegram for command-and-control (C2) obfuscation. The intrusion chain features machine-specific payload decryption, indicating a highly targeted, sophisticated threat actor. It remains unclear which specific state or non-state actor is responsible for the campaign.

The Hacker Newsabout 9 hours agoAE, SA, QA, KW, OM, BH, JO, LB, IQ, EGCredibility 53%View source

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Mosaic Score5.5
Confidence0.9
Significance0.5
Source credibility0.5

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