A European embassy located in the Indian capital of New Delhi, as well as multiple organizations in Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, have emerged as the target of a new campaign orchestrated by a threat actor known as SideWinder in September 2025.
The activity "reveals a notable evolution in SideWinder's TTPs, particularly the adoption of a novel PDF and ClickOnce -based infection chain, in addition to their previously documented Microsoft Word exploit vectors," Trellix researchers Ernesto Fernández Provecho and Pham Duy Phuc said in a report published last week.
The attacks, which involved sending spear-phishing emails in four waves from March through September 2025, are designed to drop malware families such as ModuleInstaller and StealerBot to gather sensitive information fr

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