New Threat Actor using Serpent Backdoor attacking French Entities

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Serpent Backdoor Slithers into Orgs Using Chocolatey Installer

Researchers have discovered a cyberattack that uses unusual evasion tactics to backdoor French organizations with a novel malware dubbed Serpent, they said. A team from Proofpoint observed what they call an “advanced, targeted threat” that uses email-based lures and malicious files typical of man...