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Title: Operation RusticWeb: Rust-Based Malware Targets Indian Government Entities
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Operation RusticWeb: Rust-Based Malware Targets Indian Government Entities

Indian government entities and the defense sector have been targeted by a phishing campaign that's engineered to drop Rust-based malware for intelligence gathering.
The activity, first detected in October 2023, has been codenamed Operation RusticWeb by enterprise security firm SEQRITE.
"New Rust-based payloads and encrypted PowerShell commands have been utilized to exfiltrate

Source: Operation RusticWeb: Rust-Based Malware Targets Indian Government Entities (https://thehackernews.com/2023/12/operation-rusticweb-rust-based-malware.html)