Lotus Panda Hacks SE Asian Governments With Browser Stealers and Sideloaded Malware

The China-linked cyber espionage group tracked as Lotus Panda has been attributed to a campaign that compromised multiple organizations in an unnamed Southeast Asian country between August 2024 and February 2025.
“Targets included a government ministry, an air traffic control organization, a telecoms operator, and a construction company,” the Symantec Threat Hunter Team said in a new report