Suspected China-Aligned Hackers Exploit Roundcube Flaws Against Universities
A suspected China-aligned threat activity cluster has been observed exploiting Roundcube webmail software belonging to physics and engineering departments of U.S. and Canadian universities as part of a new campaign.
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