Seqrite Uncovers China-Linked Operation Dragon Weave Cyber Espionage
Seqrite, the enterprise security arm of Quick Heal Technologies Limited, a global provider of cybersecurity solutions, has uncovered Operation Dragon Weave, a targeted cyber-espionage campaign assessed with moderate confidence to be linked to a China-based threat actor. The operation targets officials and citizens in the Czech Republic and Taiwan through spear-phishing archives carrying region-specific decoy documents, encrypted malware components and a cloud-hosted command-and-control mechanism designed to blend into legitimate Microsoft Azure activity.
Researchers at Seqrite Labs, India’s largest malware analysis facility, identified the campaign while monitoring global threat activity after a suspicious ZIP archive was first submitted from Taiwan earlier this year. The archive contained malicious files masquerading as a Traditional Chinese “Project Application Review Result Notification,” suggesting targeted delivery to Taiwan-based users. The same operation also used a Czech-language decoy appointment notice impersonating the Czech Social Security Administration, indicating a parallel focus on Czech officials and residents.
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