CopperDragon Sparrow framework tied to espionage on three continents
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PHP2Shell campaign roots 25 servers, including U.S. government-linked hosts
Dream says a custom exploit plus a Linux kernel bug rooted firewalls in the U.S., Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea.
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Antino Backdoor Uses Outlook and OneDrive for C2 in China-Nexus Espionage Campaign
Cisco Talos says China-nexus UAT-11587 deployed the Antino backdoor against Asian government and policy organizations.
China-Nexus Hackers Compromise 350 Systems Across Asia With New Antino Backdoor
Cisco Talos attributes UAT-11587 (China-nexus) to compromising ~350 endpoints in eight Asian countries using the Antino backdoor with Microsoft Graph-based C2.
China-nexus UAT-11587 targets government and policy organizations across Asia with Antino backdoor
Cisco Talos attributes China-nexus UAT-11587 to espionage against Asian governments using the Rust-based Antino backdoor, with ~350 compromised endpoints in eight countries.
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Revoking the token didn’t kill the backdoor
Analysis of the GraphWorm implant shows Webworm operators rotate OAuth credentials to survive token revocation, using OneDrive dead-drop C2 invisible to network defenses.
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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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PAPERMILL Malware Campaign Abuses Signed Notepad++ to Deliver VenomRAT to Windows Users
JUMPSEC tracks PAPERMILL, a China-nexus phishing campaign using a signed Notepad++ binary, libcurl.dll sideloading, and Donut loaders to deploy VenomRAT against Indian tax-audit targets.
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BambooToken malware controls Windows and Linux systems via MQTT
Lumen Black Lotus Labs exposes BambooToken, a China-aligned malware framework using MQTT C2 to backdoor Windows and Linux systems at roughly a dozen enterprises.
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China's AI-Enabled APT Operations Are Getting Interesting
Bitdefender links seven RAT families, five previously undocumented, to China-nexus espionage actor SilkParasite using AI-assisted malware development against 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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Critical macOS, SharePoint, vCenter, and Microsoft IKE Flaws Under Active Exploitation
CISA added four critical actively exploited flaws to KEV: macOS Screen Sharing, SharePoint, VMware vCenter, and Microsoft IKE, with APT and ransomware use.
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Suspected China-Nexus Actor Exploits VMware vCenter Flaw, Deploys Babuk
QUIRSO attributes exploitation of VMware vCenter CVE-2026-59310 to a suspected China-nexus actor that hit 361 IPs in 47 countries, deploying backdoors and Babuk.