Operation QUICSILVER Targets Myanmar Government and IT with QUICAgent Backdoor

The Hacker News 24 August 2026, 14:51 EEST Security

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a cyber espionage campaign targeting Myanmar that uses graduation ceremony invitation lures to deliver a Go backdoor called QUICAgent. The campaign, codenamed Operation QUICSILVER, has been found to target government and information technology sectors, per Seqrite Labs. The activity is assessed to be the work of a China-nexus threat actor with moderate…

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