New Mistic Backdoor Linked to KongTuke in ClickFix and ModeloRAT Campaigns

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New Mistic Backdoor Linked to KongTuke in ClickFix and ModeloRAT Campaigns
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A new, stealthy backdoor named Mistic has been deployed as part of suspected financially motivated attacks aimed at multiple organizations spanning insurance, education, IT, and professional services sectors since April 2026. According to Symantec and Carbon Black's Threat Hunter Team, the backdoor, also tracked as MLTBackdoor, is said to be linked to an initial access broker (IAB) named

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