Cyber Espionage Campaign Operation QUICSILVER Targets Myanmar Government Using QUICAgent Backdoor

A China-linked threat actor is conducting a cyber espionage campaign named Operation QUICSILVER, targeting Myanmar's government and IT sectors using social engineering tactics to deploy the QUICAgent backdoor. The malware employs multi-stage infection techniques, including abuse of legitimate tools and QUIC-based C2 communication, to maintain persistence and evade detection.

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a cyber espionage campaign targeting Myanmar that uses graduation ceremony invitation lures to deliver a Go backdoor called QUICAgent.

The campaign, codenamed Operation QUICSILVER, has been found to target government and information technology sectors, per Seqrite Labs. The activity is assessed to be the work of a China-nexus threat actor with moderate

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