In a striking departure from their previous focus on Latin American and European organizations, the HiatusRAT malware campaign has taken a notable shift in tactics, now directing its attention towards a reconnaissance attack on a server within the U.S. Department of Defense.

Monti represents a relatively new form of ransomware that targets Linux systems, encrypting their files and appending a ".puuuk" extension to them. There have been indications of potential Monti variations that are effective on Windows systems as well.

A critical security vulnerability has recently surfaced, affecting various versions of the Linux kernel. This vulnerability, known as StackRot (CVE-2023-3269), can be exploited with minimal capabilities to compromise the kernel and gain elevated privileges.

In December 2022, criminal forums advertised Nevada ransomware as part of a new ransomware-as-a-service affiliate program. Nevada is programmed in Rust and is compatible with Linux and 64-bit Windows

Chrony is a Network Time Protocol's implementation that is more faster and robust than traditional NTPD. It have the ability to synchronize systems with more accuracy and reliability.