GopherWhisper: A burrow full of malware

ESET’s WeLiveSecurity stream (Apr 2026) highlights multiple high-impact threat developments: the discovery of a new China‑aligned APT dubbed “GopherWhisper” targeting Mongolian government institutions; a new NGate malware variant hidden inside a trojanized NFC payment app (possibly leveraging AI assistance); PromptSpy — the first known Android malware to incorporate generative‑AI in its execution flow; and renewed destructive operations (DynoWiper) attributed to Sandworm against critical infrastructure. Additional research covers EDR‑killer techniques that abuse vulnerable drivers, resurgent A