Darktrace Share Price Crashes as Takeover Pulled

Shares in cybersecurity company Darktrace crashed 30 percent Thursday after US private equity firm Thoma Bravo ended its takeover interest in the British group.

In a statement to the London Stock Exchange, Darktrace said “discussions with Thoma Bravo have terminated”.

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Google Details Recent Ukraine Cyberattacks

Over the past five months, Google has been tracking a financially motivated threat actor known as UAC-0098, which has been conducting multiple malicious campaigns targeting various entities in Ukraine and Europe.

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Source Code of New ‘CodeRAT’ Backdoor Published Online

The developer of the new ‘CodeRAT’ backdoor has released their malware’s source code online after being confronted by security researchers, cybersecurity firm SafeBreach reports.

The new remote access trojan (RAT) was seen being deployed via a malicious Word document carrying a Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) exploit.  

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