Check Point Research Warns of New Backdoor used in Targeted Espionage Attacks in North Africa

Highlights: Check Point Research identified a backdoor used for highly targeted espionage attacks in Libya. The new backdoor, dubbed “Stealth Soldier,” specializes in surveillance functions like file exfiltration, screen recording, keystroke logging, and stealing browser information. The infrastructure associated with Stealth Soldier has some overlaps with that of “The Eye on the Nile,” marking the possible reappearance of this threat actor since their activities targeting Egyptian civilian society in 2019. Executive summary In the first quarter of 2023, the African region had the highest number of average weekly cyberattacks per organization – 1,983. Now, Check Point Research (CPR) has identified […]

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