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A well-known hacking group remains highly active with new incursions against Middle Eastern governments, according to a new report from U.S. cybersecurity firm Palo Alto Networks. Additionally, the group is employing evasion techniques meant to cut down on the risk of detection. The new report focuses on OopsIE, a trojan first tracked earlier this year, being used in spear phishing attacks against a highly targeted a Middle Eastern government agency. The trojan is being used by OilRig, a group that has been linked to Iran. “The OopsIE variant delivered in this attack begins its execution by performing a series of anti-VM and sandbox checks,” the researchers wrote. “If any of the checks … are successful, the Trojan will exit without running any of its functional code. These evasion techniques are meant to thwart automated analysis in an effort to avoid detection.” The checks OopsIE runs include ones on vitals like […]

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