Hackers Use NeedyMantis to Maintain Long-Term Access in Breached Networks

The Hacker News · Monday, 28 September 2026 at 18:35 (2d ago) · Original article ↗

Hackers have used a malware family called NeedyMantis to maintain long-term access to networks they had already breached, Microsoft said in a technical analysis.

The malware has been seen in a small number of targeted intrusions at telecommunications organizations, universities, medical nonprofits, intergovernmental organizations, and government contractors. Its use goes back to at least

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