Undisclosed Indian government or infrastructure organisation(s)
September 1, 2025
•[ espionage, malware, credential theft ]
Pakistan-linked APT36 used themed lures and HTML/shortcut droppers to deliver cross-platform implants on Windows and BOSS Linux systems used by Indian government organizations, enabling credential theft, persistence and covert collection. Activity is espionage-oriented with no reported service outage.
One undisclosed university in the United States
July 15, 2025
•[ espionage, vulnerability exploitation, malware ]
China-linked operators abused CVE-2025-53770 (ToolShell) weeks after Microsofts July patch to gain initial access at a telecom, escalate privileges (e.g., PetitPotam), harvest credentials, and deploy ShadowPad/Zingdoor/KrustyLoader for persistent espionage against telecom and government networks. Primary effect was covert access and collection, not service outage.
LG Uplus
July 1, 2025
•[ unauthorized access, data leak, credential theft ]
LG Uplus reported illegal access to internal information after a breach affecting company servers. Investigators said exposed information included server lists, server account credentials, and employees names, and later found forensic reconstruction was hindered after key systems were reinstalled or discarded.
Government of Paraguay (employee workstation compromise)
June 7, 2025
•[ data leak, infostealer, credential theft ]
Infostealer malware installed on a Paraguayan government employees computer harvested credentials and tokens, enabling attackers to exfiltrate databases containing personal information on effectively the entire national population. Security researchers confirmed millions of identity recordsincluding names, national IDs, and contact detailswere leaked online in early June 2025. The Record verified the exposure and found no evidence of ransomware or system disruption.
Undisclosed U.S. government agency (reported as “Department of Government Efficiencyâ€Â)
May 8, 2025
•[ malware, infostealer, credential theft ]
Ars Technica reports a government software engineers workstation was infected with info-stealing malware, with login credentials appearing in multiple stealer-log dumps since 2023; investigation centers on credential exposure rather than confirmed enterprise compromise.
Users of Indian banking mobile apps
February 11, 2025
•[ malware, phishing, data leak ]
Android malware campaign disguised as Indian bank apps, distributed via phishing links and fake APKs to install FinStealer; exfiltration of banking credentials and personal information confirmed by CYFIRMA and other researchers.
Multiple Organizations in Asia
February 6, 2025
•[ espionage, backdoor, credential theft ]
Evasive Panda, a Chinese state-sponsored group operating under the Ministry of State Securitys Guangdong State Security Department / Technical Reconnaissance Bureau, deployed a custom SSH backdoor across enterprise network devices to exfiltrate credentials and maintain long-term covert access in espionage operations identified by Cisco Talos in February 2025.
At least one undisclosed government and/or tech company
November 4, 2024
•[ state-sponsored, malware, backdoor ]
Government cybersecurity reporting described PRC state-sponsored actors using BRICKSTORM malware to maintain long-term persistence in victim environments, primarily affecting government services/facilities and IT sector organizations. In a documented case, actors accessed a DMZ web server (with a web shell present), moved laterally using service account credentials, copied Active Directory databases, pivoted into VMware vCenter, accessed domain controllers and an ADFS server, and exported cryptographic keys. BRICKSTORM provided stealthy backdoor access for command-and-control and remote operations and was used for persistence from at least April 2024 through at least September 3, 2025. The specific victim organization name was not disclosed in the reporting.
