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Pawn Storm Campaign Deploys PRISMEX, Targets Government and Critical Infrastructure Entities
March 26, 2026 · Trend Micro · Severity: CRITICAL
Pawn Storm Campaign Deploys PRISMEX, Targets Government and Critical Infrastructure Entities. This blog discusses the steganography, cloud abuse, and email-based backdoors used against the Ukrainian defense supply chain in the latest Pawn Storm campaign that TrendAI™ Research observed and analyzed. Organizations should treat this as an active threat and take immediate defensive action.
Key Takeaways
- Analysis reveals how Pawn Storm Campaign Deploys PRISMEX, Targets Government and infects and persists on target systems.
- Critical severity rating indicates active exploitation risk requiring immediate remediation across affected environments.
- Organizations must audit third-party dependencies and implement software bill of materials (SBOM) for supply chain security.