SilkParasite hits Central Asian governments with five never-seen RATs
A China-nexus espionage cluster dubbed SilkParasite has been burning through Central Asian government networks using seven remote access trojan families — five of them never documented before. Bitdefender's angle: the toolchain shows traces of AI-assisted development woven into otherwise expert code, a fingerprint distinct from AI-generated malware. Region-tailored phishing lures deliver password-protected RARs that trigger a DLL sideloading chain.