The suspected Maha grass organization uses the WarHawk backdoor variant Spyder to spy on many countries

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Maha Grass also known as Patchwork White Elephant Hangover Dropping Elephant etc. Qi Anxin internal tracking number APT-Q-36.
The organization is generally considered to have a South Asian background.

Its earliest attack activities can be traced back to November 2009 and it has been active for more than 10 years.

The organization mainly conducts cyber espionage activities against countries in the Asian region targeting organizations in the fields of government military electric power industry scientific research and education diplomacy and economy.

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