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Inside Mistic, the New Stealth Backdoor in Ransomware Intrusions

  • Pierluigi Paganini--Securityaffairs.com
  • published date: 2026-06-25 15:07:10 UTC

Mistic is a stealthy backdoor used by KongTuke-linked actors to keep long-term access in ransomware-targeted networks. Mistic is the kind of backdoor that tells you the operator wants time, not noise. Symantec security researchers say it has shown up in finan…

Inside Mistic, the New Stealth Backdoor in Ransomware Intrusions Mistic is the kind of backdoor that tells you the operator wants time, not noise. Symantec security researchers say it has shown up i… [+4861 chars]