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Fernet is a symmetric encryption method designed to provide both confidentiality and authenticity for data. It is implemented in the Python cryptography library and is widely used for securely encrypting and authenticating messages.

XDigo is a recently discovered, sophisticated malware implant written in the Go programming language. It is primarily deployed by the cyber-espionage group known as XDSpy (also referred to as “Silent Werewolf”), which has a history of targeting government and critical infrastructure entities across Eastern Europe, Russia, and neighboring regions.

Russian state-sponsored hackers APT28 (also known as Fancy Bear or UAC-0001) have deployed a sophisticated malware campaign against Ukrainian government targets using Signal messenger to deliver malicious payloads. This operation leverages two previously undocumented malware families—BEARDSHELL and COVENANT—disguised within seemingly harmless files.

SideCopy is a Pakistani advanced persistent threat (APT) group active since at least 2019, primarily targeting South Asian countries—most notably India and Afghanistan. Its operations are closely linked to Transparent Tribe (APT36), with many sources describing SideCopy as a sub-cluster or subdivision of APT36.

TripleDES (also known as 3DES or TDES, officially the Triple Data Encryption Algorithm, TDEA) is a symmetric-key block cipher that enhances the security of the original Data Encryption Standard (DES) by applying the DES algorithm three times to each data block.