HoneyMyte, the China-aligned espionage group also tracked as Mustang Panda, has upgraded its CoolClient backdoor with a signed Windows kernel-mode rootkit that can conceal malware artifacts and command-and-control infrastructure from security tools. The development marks a notable escalation in the group’s post-compromise tradecraft, moving protection and evasion below the user-mode layer where many endpoint inspection […]

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