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Pakistani 'Transparent Tribe' APT Aims for Cross-Platform Impact

ID: 22d1423a-0389-5ee2-922d-439f244a1e0e

STIX ID: report--22d1423a-0389-5ee2-922d-439f244a1e0e

Feed Name: Dark Reading

Threat Score
85/100

Date Published: 2024-05-29

Date Updated: 2026-04-21

Author: Robert Lemos, Contributing Writer

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Transparent Tribe (aka APT36/Earth Karkaddan), a Pakistan-linked cyber-espionage group, has broadened its tactics to target Linux (notably India's MayaOS) as well as Windows, deploying ELF binaries that load Python-based downloaders and exfiltration utilities; the group also leverages cross-platform languages (Python, Go, Rust), abuses legitimate services (Google Drive, Telegram, Discord), and uses ISO and desktop-entry lures to compromise Indian government, defense, and aerospace entities.

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