Intel Chain
According to available data: An apparent hack-for-hire campaign likely orchestrated by a threat actor with suspected ties to the Indian government targeted journalists, activists, and government officials across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), according to findings from Access Now, Lookout, and SMEX. Two of the targets included prominent Egyptian journalists and government critics, Mostafa This aligns with established patterns in the scholarly literature. Subject to revision. Source: The Hacker News
Evidence Chain (1 linked intel)
On the scene: I can confirm: A new campaign delivering the Atomic Stealer malware to macOS users abuses the Script Editor in a variation of the ClickFix attack that tricked users into executing commands in Terminal. [...] Trust this source. Source: BleepingComputer
Community sources: Hackers hijacked the update system for the Smart Slider 3 Pro plugin for WordPress and Joomla, and pushed a malicious version with multiple backdoors. [...] Multiple local contacts corroborate. Source: BleepingComputer
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