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VAPOR PANDA AI-Driven ARTEX Global Espionage Campaign

VAPOR PANDA is using the ARTEX agentic AI framework and DeepSeek LLM to conduct simultaneous global espionage against foreign ministries and critical infrastructure sectors.

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ills3c Intel&Coffee@Ills3C9 hours ago

38 intel reports

SLEEPWALKER is a sophisticated passive DLL backdoor targeting ERAAgent.exe that utilizes a custom bytecode command language and sniffs network traffic for magic trigger packets rather than beaconing.

Gunra (also known as Golden Community) is a RaaS operation using a double-extortion model targeting critical infrastructure by exploiting vulnerabilities in Fortinet appliances and leveraging Impacket for lateral movement.

The Qilin (aka Agenda) ransomware group is exploiting a critical Palo Alto Networks authentication bypass vulnerability (CVE-2026-0257) to gain initial access and deploy ransomware via credential-driven lateral movement.

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