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New Sleepwalker backdoor hides in memory, waits for magic

August 24, 2026 1 min read 5 views
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A new Windows backdoor named Sleepwalker lies dormant in memory, awaiting a specific network packet to execute commands from its own 23-instruction language. It was discovered by researcher Dominik Reichel.

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