Daxin: 13-Year-Old China-Linked Malware Found Still Active on Manufacturer’s Network
Researchers found China’s Daxin rootkit and a new Stupig backdoor on a Taiwan firm’s network, suggesting a stealthy intrusion dating back to 2013. Symantec’s Threat Hunter Team found Daxin running on a compromised host at a Taiwan-based subsidiary of a multinational high-tech manufacturer in 2026. Daxin is a Windows kernel-mode rootkit that Symantec first documented […]
Symantec’s Threat Hunter Team found Daxin running on a compromised host at a Taiwan-based subsidiary of a multinational high-tech manufacturer in 2026. Daxin is a Windows kernel-mode rootkit that Symantec first documented in March 2022, with evidence of use in targeted attacks against governments and critical infrastructure dating back to 2013.
“Backdoor.Daxin, the China-linked kernel-mode rootkit that Symantec first uncovered and exposed in 2022, is still operational.” reads the report published by Symantec. “It was found running on a compromised host in Taiwan in 2026, more than four years after it was first uncovered.”
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