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Tropic Trooper APT Expands into Middle Eastern Targets, Leveraging China Chopper Web Shell

Tropic Trooper APT Expands into Middle Eastern Targets, Leveraging China Chopper Web Shell

Traditionally known for targeting Taiwan, the Philippines, and Hong Kong entities. This recent campaign, however, represents a strategic expansion, as Tropic Trooper shifted its focus toward government entities in the Middle East, particularly those involved in human rights studies.

State-backed attackers and commercial surveillance vendors repeatedly use the same exploits

State-backed attackers and commercial surveillance vendors repeatedly use the same exploits

These campaigns, targeting Mongolian government websites, involved the reuse of n-day exploits previously linked to commercial surveillance vendors (CSVs) Intellexa and NSO Group. The attackers, suspected to be Russian government-backed APT29.