AI-Powered Espionage Campaign Targets Government Linux Infrastructure

    Date: 10/16/2026

    Severity: High

    Summary

    Researcher identified CL-UNK-1211, an AI-powered cyber espionage campaign targeting government entities and state-affiliated infrastructure, with activity observed from October 2025 to April 2026. The attackers leveraged LLM-generated payloads, custom cross-platform backdoors, and web shells to compromise Linux systems, conduct reconnaissance, credential harvesting and maintain persistent access. Their objectives included sensitive database theft, government mailbox exfiltration, and access to social media accounts.

    Indicators of Compromise (IOC) List 

    Domains/Urls

    beraskencur.site

    magento.ink

    solidmonpe.com

    wibu-bau-bawang.online

    IP Address

    104.194.158.65

    104.248.131.53

    109.224.53.140

    138.68.244.146

    141.164.58.87

    147.182.224.216

    154.93.37.228

    162.243.175.162

    173.212.247.23

    185.21.136.6

    192.210.183.17

    198.23.185.234

    45.88.188.140

    72.61.89.179

    88.119.167.57

    88.80.150.232

    93.93.112.57

    Hash

    1505a3a727f8899b2ad343519f7bf9c438b8b802f8d6b854f5db3b52f857c76a

    27d799ceadb570bfca890d4c2572314afe57eecf14083d30409da15afdfc4704

    2bf7992e6260c1a98c709fa98ec766fb9f27692f338b30b43ac821b824fd849e

    44e83f84a5d5219e2f7c3cf1e4f02489cae81361227f46946abe4b8d8245b879

    76c58fad4f70cf277a15a499b9a2151ac60e7a6b5c7a9ab684843dcc19f0d0a5

    9e45830171eb607cf2c0fc80f5cc9cc3db39bb937032136990383a595f6f151e

    b1e82c6b0caea177e8bb71ad826867f509c65f0a43a651b50253e7c726566eac

    c527b94e3d21824a674face4cd9d862e536b60ccbf54573839e3360f99188343

    d73186cea6cf2cf3d48c09139a9d15521365aab675787b4e7a6f81767331c9fd

    d94f75a70b5cabaf786ac57177ed841732e62bdcc9a29e06e5b41d9be567bcfa

    Gurucul Threat Detection and Incident Response (TDIR) Queries for Detection               

    Detection Query 1 :

    domainname like "wibu-bau-bawang.online" or url like "wibu-bau-bawang.online" or siteurl like "wibu-bau-bawang.online" or domainname like "beraskencur.site" or url like "beraskencur.site" or siteurl like "beraskencur.site" or domainname like "solidmonpe.com" or url like "solidmonpe.com" or siteurl like "solidmonpe.com" or domainname like "magento.ink" or url like "magento.ink" or siteurl like "magento.ink"

    Detection Query 2 :

    dstipaddress IN ("154.93.37.228","162.243.175.162","192.210.183.17","198.23.185.234","141.164.58.87","104.248.131.53","88.119.167.57","93.93.112.57","147.182.224.216","72.61.89.179","88.80.150.232","45.88.188.140","173.212.247.23","104.194.158.65","138.68.244.146","185.21.136.6","109.224.53.140") or srcipaddress IN ("154.93.37.228","162.243.175.162","192.210.183.17","198.23.185.234","141.164.58.87","104.248.131.53","88.119.167.57","93.93.112.57","147.182.224.216","72.61.89.179","88.80.150.232","45.88.188.140","173.212.247.23","104.194.158.65","138.68.244.146","185.21.136.6","109.224.53.140")

    Detection Query 3 :

    sha256hash IN ("2bf7992e6260c1a98c709fa98ec766fb9f27692f338b30b43ac821b824fd849e","1505a3a727f8899b2ad343519f7bf9c438b8b802f8d6b854f5db3b52f857c76a","d73186cea6cf2cf3d48c09139a9d15521365aab675787b4e7a6f81767331c9fd","76c58fad4f70cf277a15a499b9a2151ac60e7a6b5c7a9ab684843dcc19f0d0a5","d94f75a70b5cabaf786ac57177ed841732e62bdcc9a29e06e5b41d9be567bcfa","44e83f84a5d5219e2f7c3cf1e4f02489cae81361227f46946abe4b8d8245b879","c527b94e3d21824a674face4cd9d862e536b60ccbf54573839e3360f99188343","9e45830171eb607cf2c0fc80f5cc9cc3db39bb937032136990383a595f6f151e","27d799ceadb570bfca890d4c2572314afe57eecf14083d30409da15afdfc4704","b1e82c6b0caea177e8bb71ad826867f509c65f0a43a651b50253e7c726566eac")

    Reference:   

    AI Powered Cyber Espionage                                                    


    Tags

    LLMsBackdoorWebShellAIGoverenment Services and FacilitiesMalwareStealerCredential HarvestingExfiltrationCyber Espionage

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