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The Rise of Social Media C2: How APT Groups Use Facebook Comments for Malware Control

February 17, 2025 (August 22, 2025) SALEM AL-NAGGAR

Cyber warfare continues to evolve as adversaries discover new stealthy methods to evade detection and maintain their persistence capabilities. Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) groups use social media platforms including Facebook Twitter and YouTube as stealthy command-and-control channels for their malware. Attackers embed encoded instructions into ordinary social media posts and […]

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