China-Aligned Groups Ramp Up Attacks: Dragon Weave Hits Czech Republic & Taiwan

Operation Dragon Weave is a cyber espionage campaign targeting Czech Republic and Taiwan to deliver the AdaptixC2 agent.

• •Attacks use spear-phishing emails with ZIP attachments containing a Rust loader with two separate infection pathways
• •Final payload AZUREVEIL uses Microsoft Azure Blob Storage for command-and-control via a dead drop model
• •AZUREVEIL supports 36 post-compromise commands including file operations, shell execution, and in-memory BOF execution
• •Related campaigns include TencShell implant, SteppeDriver cluster, and PhiliKit passive backdoor from China-aligned groups
• •Victims span government, research, technology sectors across multiple countries from Europe to Asia

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