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APT36 Suspected in PATCHCORD Espionage Campaign Using Google Sheets C2

  • Pierluigi Paganini--Securityaffairs.com
  • published date: 2026-08-16 07:24:53 UTC

Acronis uncovered PATCHCORD, a stealthy backdoor targeting Afghan telecom and South Asian infrastructure via fake VPN tools and Google Sheets C2. Researchers at Acronis just documented an espionage operation that reads like it was built by someone with genuin…

APT36 Suspected in PATCHCORD Espionage Campaign Using Google Sheets C2 Researchers at Acronis just documented an espionage operation that reads like it was built by someone with genuinely good taste… [+7508 chars]