Tag: coathanger
Chinese Malware Breaches Dutch Defense Department – February 7th
Specialists from the Netherlands' Military Intelligence and Security Service (MIVD) and the General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD) announced a Chinese nation-state-sponsored malware 'Coathanger' and its breach on the Dutch Ministry of Defense (MoD). The stealthy 'Coathanger' malware's code revealed a remote access trojan (RAT) specifically built to infiltrate Fortinet's FortiGate firewalls through the 'CVE-2022-42475' vulnerability, which resulted in stolen user account credentials from the Dutch MoD's servers.