National Cyber Warfare Foundation (NCWF)

Newly SLEEPWALKER Backdoor Waits for One Crafted Packet, Then Runs Its Own Bytecode


0 user ratings
2026-08-26 08:56:17
milo
Developers
An independent malware researcher has documented a previously unreported Windows backdoor, dubbed SLEEPWALKER, that stays inert in memory until a specifically crafted network packet reaches the machine and then runs commands written in a 23-instruction language of its own design.

The sample is an unsigned 64-bit Windows dynamic-link library (DLL) of 59,904 bytes, built to be side-loaded into&



Source: TheHackerNews
Source Link: https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/newly-sleepwalker-backdoor-waits-for.html


Comments
new comment
Nobody has commented yet. Will you be the first?
 
Forum
Developers



Copyright 2012 through 2026 - National Cyber Warfare Foundation - All rights reserved worldwide.