Case Study: UK-Based Technology Company achieves early detection and removal of GoldenSpy malware with Trustwave SpiderLabs

UK-Based Technology Company - Customer Case Study

UK-Based Technology Company, a multinational technology vendor expanding operations in China, discovered that required local tax software had silently installed a sophisticated backdoor. During a routine threat hunt by Trustwave using its SpiderLabs team and Managed Detection and Response capabilities, analysts identified a novel malware family later named GoldenSpy that granted remote command-and-control and persisted through multiple self-protecting mechanisms.

Trustwave SpiderLabs investigated and reverse engineered GoldenSpy, extracted the malware from the client’s network before any nefarious activity occurred, applied indicators of compromise to Trustwave tools, and shared those IOCs with the wider community. Trustwave’s remediation overcame triple-persistence and advanced evasion attempts, successfully shutting down the threat and preventing potential data and system compromise.