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Three China-Linked Clusters Target Southeast Asian Government in 2025 Cyber Campaign

Three threat activity clusters aligned with China have targeted a government organization in Southeast Asia as part of what has been described as a "complex and well-resourced operation." The campaigns have led to the deployment of various malware families, including HIUPAN (aka USBFect, MISTCLOAK, or U2DiskWatch), PUBLOAD, EggStremeFuel (aka RawCookie), EggStremeLoader (aka Gorem RAT), MASOL RAT, PoshRAT, TrackBak Stealer, RawCookie, Hypnosis Loader, and FluffyGh0st. The activity has been attributed to the following clusters - June - August 2025: Mustang Panda (aka Stately Taurus). March - September 2025: CL-STA-1048, which overlaps with clusters publicly documented under the monikers Earth Estries and Crimson Palace. April and August 2025 - CL-STA-1049, which overlaps with a publicly…

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