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South Korean hackers exploited WPS Office zero-day to deploy malware

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74% Informative

South Korea -aligned cyberespionage group APT-C-60 has been leveraging a zero-day code execution vulnerability in the Windows version of WPS Office to install the SpyGlace backdoor on East Asian targets.

Kingsoft "silently patched the problem in March this year without informing customers that the flaw was actively exploited.

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68

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64

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24

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formal

Language

English

Language complexity

65

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short-lived

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