SPIN Unprocessed October 15, 2026 ai_technology cybersecurity
Silent Lynx Exploits WinRAR Flaw to Deploy Reverse Shell in CIS Government Attacks
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The threat actor known as Silent Lynx has been attributed to a fresh set of attacks targeting government organizations across the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). The activity, observed from June 2025 through August 2026, involves four different infection chains that make use of macro-enabled documents, PS2EXE downloaders, GitHub-hosted PowerShell, and crafted WinRAR archives
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