SilkParasite Cyber Espionage Campaign Utilizes Five Novel RATs Against Central Asian Governments

A newly discovered cyber espionage campaign, SilkParasite, targets Central Asian governments using five previously undocumented Remote Access Tools (RATs) with AI-assisted development. The attack employs sophisticated techniques like DLL sideloading and regionally tailored phishing emails, linking it to China-nexus threat actors through backdoor variants and malware architecture.

A previously unreported cyber espionage operation dubbed SilkParasite has been observed targeting government bodies in Central Asia.

The intrusion set makes use of seven remote access tool (RAT) families, five of which have never been previously documented: DriveSilkRAT, CookiETagRAT, NomadRAT, GoginRAT, and NodeEdgeRAT. SilkParasite, first discovered in late 2025, is assessed to be a

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