data breach

The advanced persistent threat (APT) actor tracked as Evilnum is once again exhibiting signs of renewed activity aimed at European financial and investment entities. “Evilnum is a backdoor that can be used for data theft or to load additional payloads,” enterprise security firm Proofpoint said in a report shared with The Hacker News. “The malware includes multiple interesting components to evade detection and modify infection paths based on identified antivirus software.” Targets include organizations with…