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#7 The Hacker News general August 24, 2026 at 08:08 UTC

UAT-10147 Uses AI to Scale Server Attacks, Deploys SPECTRE With EDR Bypass and Linux Rootkit

By [email protected] (The Hacker News)

AI Summary

Chinese-speaking threat actor UAT-10147 is using AI to scale attacks against Windows and Linux web servers in the education, media, technology, and gaming sectors, deploying a backdoor called SPECTRE alongside EDR bypass techniques and a Linux rootkit. Primary targets are concentrated in Brazil, Bolivia, China, Canada, and Vietnam, and the group's AI-assisted operations represent a concrete example of AI lowering the barrier for high-volume server compromise campaigns.

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