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#6 BleepingComputer general April 23, 2026 at 12:06 UTC

New GopherWhisper APT group abuses Outlook, Slack, Discord for comms

By Bill Toulas

AI Summary

The newly identified GopherWhisper APT group, linked to China, targets Mongolian government entities using Go-based custom malware and abuses legitimate services like Microsoft 365 Outlook, Slack, and Discord for command and control communications. ESET researchers discovered the group has compromised at least 12 government systems since November 2023.

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