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Chinese 'Tropic Trooper' APT Targets Mideast Governments

ID: 8fa2779b-25d8-530c-bae1-b59c168e7155

STIX ID: report--8fa2779b-25d8-530c-bae1-b59c168e7155

Feed Name: Dark Reading

Threat Score
85/100

Date Published: 2024-09-05

Date Updated: 2026-04-21

Author: Dark Reading Staff

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Researchers uncovered a June 2023-era espionage campaign by the China-linked APT Tropic Trooper targeting Middle East government entities that publish human-rights studies; investigation found a new China Chopper web shell on an Umbraco server plus multiple malware families (post-exploitation tools, DLL hijacking implants) used to deliver a Crowdoor implant.

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