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China-Linked Spy Campaign Uses Five New Malware Families Against Central Asian Governments

Cybersecurity News4 min read

Central Asian government bodies have been targeted in a cyberespionage operation using a compact but varied set of remote access tools. The activity, tracked as SilkParasite, relied on convincing government-themed documents and trusted Windows programs to quietly place malware on victims’ systems. The campaign appears designed for intelligence collection rather than widespread disruption. Its operators […] The post China-Linked Spy Campaign Uses Five New Malware Families Against Central Asian Governments appeared first on Cyber Security News.

Central Asian government bodies have been targeted in a cyberespionage operation using a compact but varied set of remote access tools. The activity, tracked as SilkParasite, relied on convincing government-themed documents and trusted Windows programs to quietly place malware on victims’ systems. The campaign appears designed for intelligence collection rather than widespread disruption. Its operators used spear-phishing emails with password-protected RAR archives, then used document macros to trigger malicious code. The lures…

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