Seqrite Uncovers Operation QUICKSILVER Cyber-Espionage Campaign
Seqrite, the enterprise security arm of Quick Heal Technologies Limited, a global provider of cybersecurity solutions, today disclosed Operation QUICSILVER, a cyber-espionage campaign assessed with moderate confidence to be China-nexus, targeting government and information-technology personnel in Myanmar through malicious Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) files disguised as image and document attachments.
Researchers at Seqrite Labs, India’s largest malware analysis facility, identified the campaign while tracking global threat activity and traced it to at least three related intrusion sets active between April and July 2026. The earliest sample, distributed as a fabricated Belgian-Myanmar public holiday calendar, suggests the threat actor also sought to target foreign personnel, including embassy and NGO staff, operating in Myanmar. Two subsequent VHD-based samples, disguised as a training announcement image and an ACMECS-themed document, shared the same infection chain, payload and command-and-control infrastructure.
The primary lure used in the campaign is a formal, Burmese-language graduation ceremony...
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