(Recorded Future) Recorded Future has identified a suspected Chinese state-sponsored group that we track as Threat Activity Group 22 (TAG-22) targeting telecommunications, academia, research and development, and government organizations in Nepal, the Philippines, Taiwan, and more historically, Hong Kong. In this most recent activity, the group likely used compromised GlassFish servers and Cobalt Strike in initial access operations before switching to the bespoke Winnti, ShadowPad, and Spyder backdoors for long-term access using dedicated actor-provisioned command and control infrastructure. Also see Earth Lusca.
A new Windows variant of the SprySOCKS Linux backdoor, developed by the nation-state threat actor FishMonger (also known as Earth Lusca and Aquatic Panda), has been discovered targeting government organizations in Hondur…
Windows variants of the SprySOCKS Linux malware, previously linked to the Earth Lusca threat actor, have been used to target government organizations in Taiwan, Thailand, Pakistan, and Honduras. These variants offer adva…
ESET researchers have discovered two new, undocumented Windows variants of FishMonger's SprySOCKS backdoor, operated by the Chinese threat actor I-SOON (believed to be part of the Winnti Group). These variants, WIN_DRV a…
A China-aligned threat actor known as Webworm has expanded its arsenal with two new backdoors, EchoCreep and GraphWorm, utilizing Discord and the Microsoft Graph API for command-and-control communications. The group, act…
This blog post details the evolving tactics of Webworm, a China-aligned APT group, particularly their activity in 2025. Webworm has shifted away from traditional backdoors in favor of more sophisticated techniques, inclu…
