Chinese Coathanger malware hung out to dry by Dutch defense department
February 6, 2024 at 12:17PM Dutch authorities have attributed an attempted cyberattack on the Ministry of Defense to Chinese state-sponsored hackers, uncovering a previously unseen malware named Coathanger. The remote access trojan was specifically designed to target Fortinet’s FortiGate firewalls and was difficult to detect using traditional methods. The attackers’ wide and opportunistic scans exploited … Read more