Tag: Go Language
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Hpingbot Unleashed: New Go-Based Botnet Leverages Pastebin & Hping3 for Stealthy Attacks
A newly emerged botnet known as hpingbot, identified by the NSFOCUS Fuying Lab‘s global threat monitoring system, has rapidly become one of the most prominent cyber threats since its appearance in early June 2025. According to experts, hpingbot is an entirely original creation—developed from the ground up in the Go programming language. It is capable…
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“OneClik” APT Unmasked: China-Linked Campaign Abuses Microsoft ClickOnce & AWS Cloud to Target Energy Sector
Cybercriminals have launched a large-scale campaign dubbed OneClik, targeting companies in the energy, oil, and gas sectors. The attack leverages Microsoft’s legitimate ClickOnce technology and a custom-designed backdoor known as RunnerBeacon, allowing threat actors to maintain a stealthy presence within targeted systems and evade detection. ClickOnce is a deployment technology designed to install and automatically…