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Squidoor: Suspected Chinese Threat Actor’s Backdoor Targets Global Organizations
Since at least March 2023, a suspected Chinese threat actor has been targeting government, defense, telecommunications, education, and aviation sectors in Southeast Asia and South America. The attackers employ a sophisticated backdoor known as Squidoor, which affects both Windows and Linux systems. Squidoor is modular and designed for stealth, utilizing multiple communication protocols—including Outlook API, DNS tunneling, and ICMP tunneling—to establish covert channels with command and control servers. Initial access is typically achieved by exploiting vulnerabilities in Internet Information Services (IIS) servers, followed by the deployment of obfuscated web shells for persistent access.
Indicators of Compromise (5 / 37 total)
| TYPE | INDICATOR | DESCRIPTION | CREATED | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FileHash-MD5 | 1635684e729cfa8911a6fec5448a1375 | MD5 of 8187240dafbc62f2affd70da94295035c4179c8e3831cb96bdd9bd322e22d029 | 2025-02-27 | |
| FileHash-MD5 | 2183043b19f4707f987d874ce44389e3 | MD5 of 9f62c1d330dddad347a207a6a565ae07192377f622fa7d74af80705d800c6096 | 2025-02-27 | |
| FileHash-MD5 | 764a838236f5dceb3d199059ad36311e | MD5 of 83406905710e52f6af35b4b3c27549a12c28a628c492429d3a411fdb2d28cc8c | 2025-02-27 | |
| FileHash-MD5 | a9d0f588f1b0f88c5a5036bc5bf2e09e | MD5 of f45661ea4959a944ca2917454d1314546cc0c88537479e00550eef05bed5b1b9 | 2025-02-27 | |
| FileHash-MD5 | e312ab7486260d546825626c60e85b6f | MD5 of 3fcfc4cb94d133563b17efe03f013e645fa2f878576282805ff5e58b907d2381 | 2025-02-27 |