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Hackers run khunt post-exploitation toolkit from Oracle database

BleepingComputer · · International · Data Breaches

Hackers exploited a SQL injection vulnerability to install a post-exploitation toolkit directly inside an Oracle database that was used to breach a corporate network. [...]

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