Suspected Iran-backed hackers target UAE with newly discovered ‘Sosano’ malware (Daryna Antoniuk, The Record)

A relatively unknown threat actor targeted several organizations in the United Arab Emirates, — including those involved in aviation, satellite communications and critical transportation infrastructure — with a newly discovered backdoor that researchers have dubbed Sosano. In an espionage campaign that started in the fall, a group tracked as UNK_CraftyCamel used a compromised email account belonging to the Indian electronics company INDIC Electronics to send malicious email messages to their victims, according to U.S.-based cybersecurity firm Proofpoint.

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