Memento Labs Resurfaces: The Return of Hacking Team’s Ghost in 2025 Cyber Espionage!
The ghosts of hacking past have returned! Memento Labs, formerly Hacking Team, is haunting us again with a Chrome zero-day exploit. Kaspersky links it to the notorious spyware Dante. Just when you thought it was safe to browse, these cyber-phantoms strike. Who knew malware could have such a flair for drama?
Hot Take:
Looks like the Hacking Team is back from the dead, or maybe they just never left the party! With Memento Labs having its fingerprints all over the first Chrome zero-day of 2025, it seems like they’re the cyber equivalent of that one ghost story that always comes back to haunt you. Talk about a plot twist in the thriller of cybersecurity!
Key Points:
– Kaspersky linked the first Chrome zero-day of 2025 to Memento Labs, the artist formerly known as the Hacking Team.
– The Operation ForumTroll campaign used phishing to target Russian and Belarusian entities.
– Attackers used a validator script in browsers to confirm victims and download malware securely.
– The spyware, LeetAgent, includes keylogging, file-stealing, and persistence tactics.
– Memento Labs’ Dante spyware, heavily obfuscated, ties back to Hacking Team’s past exploits.