[Stanley]

LOTUSLITE Backdoor Targets U.S. Policy Entities Using Venezuela-Themed Spear Phishing

Security experts have disclosed details of a new campaign that has targeted U.S. government and policy entities using politically themed lures to deliver a backdoor known as LOTUSLITE.
The targeted malware campaign leverages decoys related to the recent geopolitical developments between the U.S. and Venezuela to distribute a ZIP archive ("US now deciding what's next for Venezuela.zip")

https://thehackernews.com/2026/01/lotusl...olicy.html

[Lindros]

I feel like Venezuela is going to be uninvestable. There will be too much opposition to us and not enough stability.

The other good move made was essentially leaving the existing government more or less in-tact. Although I don't see why we needed to remove Maduro, he would have sold us oil...

I heard it will take extreme amount of money required in investments to up Venezuela's oil production anyway.