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Targeted Attack on Government Entities in the Middle East | Part 1

medzscaler_threatlabzPublished 2026-07-20

IntroductionIn July 2026, Zscaler ThreatLabz observed new activity by a threat actor with links to East Asia targeting government entities in the Middle East. During analysis, ThreatLabz captured post-compromise activity and uncovered previously undocumented malware tooling, including TELESHIM, MIXEDKEY, and BINDCLOAK. The campaign used a multi-stage attack chain to establish and maintain access o

MITRE ATT&CK techniques

Indicators of compromise

Original source: https://www.zscaler.com/blogs/security-research/targeted-attack-government-entities-middle-east-part-1