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The dangerous and mysterious world of hackers

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 The dangerous and mysterious world of hackers The war is no longer fought only in the forests, mountains, and plains as before. Now the new battlefield is cyberspace. That is why all the powers of the world are trying to strengthen their cyber power. Part of this effort is the hacking army. However, no country in the world is openly saying that we are preparing a hacking army. But different countries have been preparing and practicing it for a long time. Today we are going to tell you about the dangerous and mysterious world of hackers based in Iran, Russia, and North Korea. Russia - Hacker's Hero In the 1990s, Russian police were unaware of cybercrime. After the breakup of the Soviet Union, many Russian electrical engineers and mathematicians became unemployed. At the same time, they began to explore the world of the Internet for a living. At the time, Russia was not very sensitive about cybersecurity. Andrei Shoshnikoff, a Russian investigative journalist, said: "The hackin

Chinese hackers spreading undetectable malware for espionage

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Chinese hackers spreading undetectable malware for espionage Researchers at cybersecurity company Kaspersky have uncovered an Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) spying campaign that uses a rare type of malware. Kaspersky reports that the Chinese-speaking hacker group has been using rootkits called "MosaicRegressor" for two years to target NGOs and diplomatic missions for espionage campaigns. The researchers said that it would be difficult to detect and remove the malware used for spying in Asia, Africa, and Europe. This malware affects the computer's Unified Extended Firmware Interface (UEFI), which was introduced before the operating system and other programs. This means that no security software or antivirus can detect this malware. However, Kaspersky has stated that this malware is unusual but not unique. The UEFI bootkit component used to insert malicious code into the user's device is based on the vector EDK bootkit. It was created by a hacking team in 2015 and lea