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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

China-based Sandman which was recently observed using Lua-based malware, believed to be part of a wider shift toward Lua development from Chinese attackers.

Wait lua? Why lua?

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago

Easily embeddable and can be modified very easily would be my guess.