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Operation QUICSILVER Targets Myanmar Government and IT with QUICAgent Backdoor

lowthehackernewsPublished 2026-08-24

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a cyber espionage campaign targeting Myanmar that uses graduation ceremony invitation lures to deliver a Go backdoor called QUICAgent.

The campaign, codenamed Operation QUICSILVER, has been found to target government and information technology sectors, per Seqrite Labs. The activity is assessed to be the work of a China-nexus threat actor with moderate

Original source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/operation-quicsilver-targets-myanmar.html