"Showboat" doesn't show off, but clearly it doesn't need to, as it's long helped China spy on small market communications providers.

A Chinese cyber-espionage campaign has been targeting telecommunications providers with newly discovered Linux and Windows malware dubbed Showboat and JFMBackdoor, respectively.

Showboat targets Linux telecom systems since mid-2022, enabling C2 access, proxying, and file theft across multiple countries.

"Showboat" doesn't show off, but clearly it doesn't need to, as it's long helped China spy on small market communications providers.