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SLEEPWALKER Malware Uses Raw Packets, DNS and VMware VMCI for Covert Communications


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2026-09-01 08:32:22
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A newly analyzed Windows backdoor named SLEEPWALKER uses a passive command-and-control model designed to evade conventional beaconing-based detections. Raw-packet activation, DNS-based tasking support, VMware VMCI communications, named-pipe capabilities, and in-memory payload execution. No threat actor, victim, delivery chain, or live campaign has yet been attributed to the malware. SLEEPWALKER is an unsigned 64-bit Windows DLL […]


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Mayura Kathir

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