{
  "id": 1470480,
  "title": "Mustang Panda Adds Signed Windows Rootkit to CoolClient Backdoor for Stealth",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/mustang-panda-adds-signed-windows-rootkit-to-coolclient-backdoor-for",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-14T13:08:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hacker News",
    "slug": "the-hacker-news",
    "url": "https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/mustang-panda-adds-signed-windows.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The threat actor known as HoneyMyte (aka Mustang Panda) has been observed deploying an updated version of the CoolClient backdoor with a signed Windows kernel-mode rootkit that can hide and protect malicious processes, files, registry objects, and command-and-control (C2) network information. Russian cybersecurity vendor Kaspersky said it identified victims in Myanmar, Mongolia, Pakistan,",
  "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."
}