[silkparasite]

August 24, 2026

• SilkParasite's toolset is larger than first reported — the China-nexus operation against Central Asian governments is now tied to seven RAT families (DriveSilkRAT, CookiETagRAT, NomadRAT, GoginRAT, NodeEdgeRAT among them), with DLL sideloading as core tradecraft and targeting across Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Georgia. Bitdefender assesses the China nexus at medium confidence (@DailyDarkWeb) (earlier coverage). · Nation-State & Critical Infrastructure

in Four Days Dark: Iran-Linked Intrusion Knocked a UK Power Plant Offline

August 20, 2026

• SilkParasite is hitting Central Asian government targets with five new RATs, a China-nexus spear-phishing operation with links to FamousSparrow (The Hacker News, Dark Reading). · Threat Intelligence

in Feds Say AI-Written Exploit Code Is Already Hitting Siemens PLCs