A new report reveals two sophisticated AI-driven influence networks—Hidden Charkha and Khyber Defender—that spread pro-India and pro-Pakistan propaganda.

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The Confucius APT group is evolving, abandoning WooperStealer for the sophisticated AnonDoor Python backdoor to maintain stealthy, long-term espionage in South Asia.

The Confucius APT is actively targeting Pakistani entities with the Anondoor Python backdoor and WooperStealer, using DLL sideloading and sophisticated phishing to ensure long-term espionage.

In the digital underbelly of the Indian Subcontinent, a shadowy economy thrives where code becomes a weapon and data a commodity…

Kaspersky exposed the Mysterious Elephant APT targeting South Asia. The group uses MemLoader and custom tools (BabShell) to steal sensitive WhatsApp desktop data and exfiltrate documents.

Qianxin exposed Bitter APT using a WinRAR path traversal flaw and malicious Office macros to deploy a C# backdoor against military/FinTech targets in Asia. The attack sets up scheduled persistence.

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