{
  "id": 10526108,
  "title": "Hackers Use NeedyMantis to Maintain Long-Term Access in Breached Networks",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/hackers-use-needymantis-to-maintain-long-term-access-in-breached",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-28T18:35:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hacker News",
    "slug": "the-hacker-news",
    "url": "https://thehackernews.com/2026/09/hackers-use-needymantis-to-maintain.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}