Azerbaijan
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China-linked hackers hit Azerbaijani energy firm in repeated Exchange intrusions
A China-linked group targeted an Azerbaijani oil and gas firm in three waves between late December 2025 and late February 2026, repeatedly using the same Exchange Server entry point and swapping backdoors, according to a Bitdefender analysis.
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MuddyWater using UDP-based backdoor ‘UDPGangster’ in Turkey, Israel and Azerbaijan campaigns
Fortinet FortiGuard Labs says MuddyWater has been using a UDP-based backdoor named UDPGangster to target users in Turkey, Israel and Azerbaijan via spear-phishing Word documents that rely on macros; the backdoor includes persistence mechanisms and extensive anti-analysis checks before contacting a UDP command-and-control server.
