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Targeted Attack on Government Entities in the Middle East | Part 2

Zscaler ThreatLabz
Zscaler ThreatLabz
Published August 3, 2026Original Report

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IntroductionThis is Part 2 of our two-part technical analysis on new tools used by an East Asia-linked threat actor targeting government entities in the Middle East. After ThreatLabz published Part 1 on the TELESHIM backdoor and MIXEDKEY loader, Kaspersky highlighted a related campaign in recent reporting. Building upon our initial findings, Part 2 dives into a detailed technical analysis of BINDCLOAK, a new modular stage 3 backdoor uncovered during our…

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Diamond Model

SOCIAL AXISTECHNOLOGY AXISADVERSARYunknownINFRASTRUCTURE107.175.172.40ftabnews.comcert.hypersnet.comCAPABILITYCobalt StrikeVICTIMunknown
Adversary
Infrastructure(6)
Capability(1)
Victim

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8 indicators

TypeIndicatorConfidenceScoreFirst Seen
MD57a14a99d70d42d3f7bf72f843185fc07MediumScore 37/100First seen
IP107.175.172.40MediumScore 40/100First seen
MD559fe1ef7707fe497d89f34505222862fMediumScore 53/100First seen
Domainftabnews.comHighScore 58/100First seen
Domaincert.hypersnet.comHighScore 73/100First seen
Domaindomaincert.hypersnet.comHighScore 64/100First seen
Domainabout.blsouqs.comHighScore 62/100First seen
Domainssl.blsouqs.comHighScore 66/100First seen

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