China-Linked Stayin Alive Campaign Targets Telecom and Government Entities

Security researchers exposed a cyberespionage operation named Stayin Alive, which targets the telecommunications sector and government entities in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, and Vietnam. The campaign employs spear-phishing emails and DLL side-loading to deliver archive files to the victims’ systems. It is recommended to refrain from attending to unsolicited emails/messages.