Security News > 2025 > March > UAT-5918 Targets Taiwan's Critical Infrastructure Using Web Shells and Open-Source Tools

2025-03-21 13:54
Threat hunters have uncovered a new threat actor named UAT-5918 that has been attacking critical infrastructure entities in Taiwan since at least 2023. "UAT-5918, a threat actor believed to be motivated by establishing long-term access for information theft, uses a combination of web shells and open-sourced tooling to conduct post-compromise activities to establish persistence in victim
News URL
https://thehackernews.com/2025/03/uat-5918-targets-taiwans-critical.html
Related news
- Hottest cybersecurity open-source tools of the month: February 2025 (source)
- US charges Chinese hackers linked to critical infrastructure breaches (source)
- CISA: Medusa ransomware hit over 300 critical infrastructure orgs (source)
- Critical Next.js auth bypass vulnerability opens web apps to compromise (CVE-2025-29927) (source)
- Hottest cybersecurity open-source tools of the month: March 2025 (source)