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#9 The Hacker News general April 24, 2026 at 09:29 UTC

Tropic Trooper Uses Trojanized SumatraPDF and GitHub to Deploy AdaptixC2

By [email protected] (The Hacker News)

AI Summary

Tropic Trooper deployed a trojanized SumatraPDF reader to deliver the AdaptixC2 Beacon and abuse Microsoft Visual Studio Code tunnels for remote access in attacks targeting Chinese-speaking individuals. The campaign demonstrates the APT group's evolution toward legitimate software abuse for persistent access.

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Relevance score: 73.0/100

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