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New threat actor, HoldingHands, targeting organizations in Taiwan.

The “HoldingHands” threat actor is part of a broader, ongoing campaign targeting organizations in Taiwan since at least January 2025. The group employs a variety of malware tools, including the HoldingHands Remote Access Trojan (RAT), also known as Gh0stBins, as well as other malware strains such as Winos 4.0 and Gh0stCringe. These tools are often delivered through phishing emails that impersonate official communications from Taiwan’s National Taxation Bureau or other trusted entities, using lures related to taxes, invoices, and pensions to trick recipients into opening malicious attachments.