Targeted Attack on Government Entities in the Middle East
Zscaler, Monday, July 20th, 2026
Zscaler ThreatLabz details an East Asia-linked campaign against Middle Eastern government entities.
Zscaler ThreatLabz analyzes a campaign by an East Asia-linked threat actor targeting Middle Eastern government entities.
The research documents previously unknown malware tools named TELESHIM, MIXEDKEY, and BINDCLOAK. These tools use heavy obfuscation techniques including control flow flattening, mixed boolean arithmetic, and opaque predicates to hinder reverse engineering.
Part 1 of the report covers the attack chain and technical analysis of the tooling.