Google and Mandiant say suspected Chinese espionage group ARMORY CASTLE has exploited a BeyondTrust Remote Support zero-day since late August. Once inside, it took root, dumped stored credentials and used the support tool to reach internal machines.
Unit 42 says a cluster it calls CL-UNK-1211 spent six months in government Linux servers using AI-generated scripts, a new Go RAT and fake red-team markers, going after databases, mailboxes and linked social media accounts.