ESET Research: China-aligned FishMonger updates its arsenal, targets governments in Asia and Latin America
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BRATISLAVA, June 16, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ESET researchers have discovered two as-yet undocumented Windows variants (WIN_DRV and WIN_PLUS) of SprySOCKS, a previously Linux-only backdoor reportedly used by FishMonger, the group believed to be operated by a Chinese contractor named I-SOON. While ESET initially discovered the malware samples on VirusTotal uploaded in April 2024, ESET telemetry sh
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