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Hackers Pose as Dubai Airports Recruiters to Infect Software Engineers With ShelbyLoader V2

ID: 3dea5886-61e4-5213-868b-5f4900ac7bda

STIX ID: report--3dea5886-61e4-5213-868b-5f4900ac7bda

Feed Name: GBHackers

Threat Score
88/100

Date Published: 2026-10-06

Date Updated: 2026-10-06

Author: Mayura Kathir

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**Blinder Tunnel (CL-STA-1178)**: An Iranian state-aligned actor impersonated Dubai Airports recruiters to deliver a multi-stage supply-chain-like infection that used a weaponized Visual Studio project and legitimate Microsoft developer tooling to deploy ShelbyLoader V2, abuse AppDomainManager hijacking and DLL sideloading, and operate GitHub-based command-and-control; activity targeted Iraqi critical infrastructure in March–June 2026 and includes published IOCs and detection guidance.

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