Silent Lynx: Kazakhstan-Linked Hackers Target Russian Refinery and Government
Kazakhstan-linked Silent Lynx spies on Russia's Orsk refinery and regional governments using spear-phishing and lightweight malware.
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Suspected Kazakhstan-linked hackers target governments across former Soviet states
Suspected Kazakhstan-linked UAT-6275 ran at least eight espionage campaigns against former Soviet governments since 2025.
TAG-193’s Regional Espionage Operations
TAG-193 ran regional government espionage, adding WinRAR CVE-2025-8088 exploitation to its phishing and reverse-shell toolkit.
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SilkParasite Infrastructure Links SpiceRAT to Central Asian Targets
Hunt.io linked SpiceRAT, NodeEdgeRAT, and NomadRAT C2 servers to the SilkParasite campaign targeting Central Asian governments since mid-2022.
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SilkParasite Hackers Use SpiceRAT Infrastructure to Target Central Asian Governments and Energy Firms
Hunt.io links SpiceRAT C2 infrastructure to the China-nexus SilkParasite espionage cluster targeting Central Asian governments, telecoms, and energy firms.
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SilkParasite-Linked Malware Infrastructure Traced Back Four Years Across Central Asia
Hunt.io links SpiceRAT C2 servers to China-nexus SilkParasite espionage targeting Central Asian governments, with related infrastructure active since 2022.
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Hundreds of fake government websites target users in Central Asia
F6 uncovered 360+ fake government and news websites scamming Central Asians with bogus state payouts that harvest personal data and install mobile malware.
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China’s ‘SilkParasite’ espionage operation targeting Central Asia with AI
Bitdefender attributes the SilkParasite espionage campaign to China-linked actors using five new malware strains and AI-assisted development to target Central Asian governments.
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SilkParasite Espionage Campaign Targets Central Asian Governments with Five New RATs
Bitdefender reports SilkParasite, a China-nexus espionage cluster targeting Central Asian governments with seven RATs, five newly documented, delivered via spearphished RAR archives.
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