Daxin Returns: Stealthy Malware Resurfaces in Taiwan Alongside a New Backdoor

Reported 15 Jul 2026 by otx · Severity: medium

Backdoor.Daxin, a sophisticated China-linked kernel-mode rootkit first exposed in 2022, was discovered operating on a Taiwan manufacturing firm's network in 2026. The malware was found alongside Backdoor.Stupig, a previously unknown backdoor that uses a novel technique involving