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APT24 Deploys BADAUDIO in Years-Long Espionage Hitting Taiwan and 1,000+ Domains

The Hacker Newsby @TheHackersNews ()5 min read2 · 1 read
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Vulnerabilities mentioned

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CVEVulnerabilityCVSSEPSSSignalsPublished
CVE-2012-0158
Remote Code Execution in Microsoft MSCOMCTL.OCX (Windows Common Controls)
—100%KEVRansomware—
KEV
CVE-2014-1761
Memory Corruption RCE in Microsoft Word
—78%KEV—
KEV
CVE-2025-8088
WinRAR Path Traversal (CVE-2025-8088) Enables Arbitrary Code Execution
8.494%KEVRansomware
KEV

Indicators of compromise

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TypeIndicatorContext
domainmegadatacloud.comn in C++ that can communicate with a remote server ("public.megadatacloud[.]com") and supports eight different commands - 65, to run a sp

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A China-nexus threat actor known as APT24 has been observed using a previously undocumented malware dubbed BADAUDIO to establish persistent remote access to compromised networks as part of a nearly three-year campaign.

The Hacker News

By @TheHackersNews · thehackernews.com

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