Seriously? China Again. And *Open Source*?!

Right, so listen up, because I’m only saying this once. Some Chinese-backed hacking groups – they’re calling them “Nexus Actors,” real creative, aren’t they? – are now using a piece of crap called “Nezha.” It’s an open-source tool for post-exploitation. Basically, it lets them mess around *inside* your network after they’ve already broken in. Think remote access, file stealing, credential dumping… the usual delightful stuff.

What makes this special? Oh, just that it’s open source. Meaning any script kiddie with a pulse can grab it and start causing problems. It’s written in Go (because everything has to be Go these days), and they’re constantly updating it – making it harder to detect. They’ve been using it against targets in Japan, the US, and other places for at least a year now.

Mandiant (now part of Google Cloud) is tracking this mess, but honestly? By the time they publish a report, these assholes are already three steps ahead. It’s all just whack-a-mole with slightly more sophisticated malware. The article says it’s modular and uses encryption to evade detection. Fantastic. Just what we needed.

Bottom line: patch your systems, watch your network traffic, and assume you’re already compromised. Because you probably are. Don’t ask me for help; I have better things to do than babysit incompetent sysadmins.

Source: Dark Reading – China-Nexus Actors Weaponize ‘Nezha’ Open Source Tool

And Another Thing…

I once had to deal with a network that was so badly secured, I found a Post-It note stuck to the server rack with the root password written on it. Seriously. A *Post-It note*. This Nezha thing? It’s just going to enable more of that kind of stupidity. Don’t even get me started.

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