New Lotus data wiper used against Venezuelan energy, utility firms
2026-04-21T19:23:29Z•e5f602750aa89bb7f14ac6be836bb30c11c31c27df48b05a44b1b5b07655dd67
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What happened
Multiple active and emerging threats reported: a previously undocumented data‑wiping malware named “Lotus” was used in targeted attacks against Venezuelan energy and utility firms; CISA flagged an actively exploited Catalyst SD‑WAN Manager vulnerability with a short mitigation window; a high‑severity Apache ActiveMQ code‑injection flaw is being exploited against ~6,400 exposed servers. Other incidents include a $290M KelpDAO heist attributed to Lazarus, Android NGate malware trojanizing HandyPay to steal NFC card data, 26 malicious crypto‑wallet apps on China’s Apple App Store, Gentlemen gang’
Why it matters
A reviewed impact interpretation has not been published for this record.
Evidence and limitations
- Source ID
- bleepingcomputer
- Record identifier
- e5f602750aa89bb7f14ac6be836bb30c11c31c27df48b05a44b1b5b07655dd67
- Enrichment time
- 2026-04-21T19:23:29Z
- AI-assisted enrichment
- Yes
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