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“Shadow Campaigns” Show Evidence of Global Espionage Using ShadowGuard Rootkit

Feb 13, 2026 1:01:00 PM / by The Hivemind posted in Threat Bulletin, Cobalt Strike, cyber espionage, government targeting, TGR-STA-1030, Diaoyu Loader, ShadowGuard rootkit, eBPF backdoor, global reconnaissance, Shadow Campaigns, state-aligned threat

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Verticals Targeted: Government, Telecommunications, Finance, Aerospace
Regions Targeted: North America, South America, Africa, Europe, Asia
Related Families: Diaoyu Loader, ShadowGuard, Cobalt Strike, VShell


Executive Summary

A sophisticated state-aligned cyberespionage operation attributed to TGR-STA-1030 (also tracked as UNC6619) has been discovered, operating from Asia. It has compromised government and critical infrastructure entities across 37 countries over the past year while conducting reconnaissance against government infrastructure in 155 countries. The group's “Shadow Campaigns” leverage phishing, N-day exploitations, and advanced tooling to prioritize intelligence collection on economic partnerships, trade, and diplomatic activities.

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Geacon - Cobalt Strike for MacOS

May 26, 2023 2:01:00 PM / by The Hivemind posted in Cobalt Strike, MacOS, Pentesting, Geacon

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Related Families: Cobalt Strike

Executive Summary

Geacon is a Cobalt Strike adaptation developed to target MacOS. Geacon versions are available to target both Apple silicon and Intel architectures.

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Manjusaka Framework

Aug 11, 2022 2:51:07 PM / by PolySwarm Tech Team posted in Threat Bulletin, China, Cobalt Strike, Manjusaka, Silver

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Executive Summary

Cisco Talos recently reported on a campaign leveraging Manjusaka, a new attack framework being used in the wild that is advertised as an alternative to Cobalt Strike or Sliver.

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Pymafka Targets macOS, Windows, Linux

Jun 17, 2022 2:17:39 PM / by PolySwarm Tech Team posted in Threat Bulletin, Windows, Linux, Python, Pymafka, Cobalt Strike

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Executive Summary

Sonatype recently reported on Pymakfa, a malicious Python package in the PyPl registry dropping Cobalt Strike on macOS, Windows, and Linux.

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