Unnamed high-profile Ukrainian entities
January 2, 2025
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
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WhatsApp/Apple
June 1, 2025
•[ espionage, malware, technology ]
A zero-click spyware campaign exploited WhatsApp and Apple zero-day flaws, infecting fewer than 200 civil society individuals globally between June and August 2025. Attackers likely state-sponsored.
U.S.–China Business Council
March 7, 2025
•[ espionage, phishing, government ]
China-linked APT41/TA415 impersonated Rep. Moolenaar and USCBC in July 2025 spear-phishing to deliver malware and create remote tunnels to spy on U.S. trade-policy stakeholders; investigations ongoing; success not verified.
French government officials
March 9, 2025
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
Apple notified French officials of targeted mercenary-spyware attacks (latest Sep 3, 2025); CERT-FR says this is the fourth wave in 2025; highly targeted espionage against high-profile users; Apple recommends Lockdown Mode and expert assistance; no attribution disclosed.
Unnamed Philippines-based military company
April 3, 2024
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
China-linked APT used EggStreme (fileless, DLL-sideloaded) to persist on hosts at a Philippine military firm; EggStremeAgent backdoor + Keylogger enabled reconnaissance, lateral movement, and data theft; activity observed since early 2024; initial access unknown; attribution to a specific group not made.
Independent film makers
May 21, 2025
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
While detained in May 2025, filmmakers phones were allegedly infected with FlexiSPY; forensic analysis ties installation to police custody (May 21). Devices were returned July 10. CPJ/Citizen Lab publicly detailed findings on Sept 1012; The Standard reported the allegations Sept 10.
Multiple diplomatic and international organizations (particpating in Gaza peace talks)
June 1, 2025
•[ espionage, social, phishing ]
Homeland Justice, an Iranian MOIS-linked group, compromised an Omani Embassy email account and used it to deliver spear-phishing attachments to diplomats and international mediators engaged in Gaza ceasefire negotiations. This was an espionage operation with no service disruption reported. ~72K+ malicious Word emails sent via spear-phishing from a compromised Omani Embassy in Paris account; targeted Egyptian officials, U.S. and Qatari mediators, and organizations such as UN, UNICEF, World Bank, and African Union during Gaza ceasefire talks
Government entities (36, Central Asia & APAC)
May 1, 2025
•[ espionage, phishing, malware ]
Phishing lures and Telegram botbased malware were used by the ShadowSilk cluster to compromise 36 government entities across Central Asia and the Asia-Pacific region between May and July 2025. The campaign focused on espionage, enabling unauthorized access and data theft, and was publicly reported in August 2025 by The Hacker News.
Government, tech, academic & telecom entities; global
August 22, 2025
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
CrowdStrike reports that multiple Chinese-linked groupsMurky Panda, Genesis Panda, and Glacial Pandahave exploited vulnerabilities (e.g., Citrix CVE-2023-3519, Commvault CVE-2025-3928) to deploy the CloudedHope malware for covert espionage against cloud, telecom, government, tech, academic, legal, and professional services organizations worldwide.
Multiple critical infrastructure sectors (via Cisco devices)
August 20, 2025
•[ espionage, technology ]
FBI and Cisco warn of ongoing Russian FSB Center 16 campaign exploiting CVE-2018-0171 in Cisco Smart Install, compromising thousands of network devices across critical infrastructure globally for reconnaissance and persistent access.
Foreign embassies in Moscow (multiple missions)
July 31, 2025
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
FSB-linked APT Secret Blizzard (Turla) used ISP-level access in Russia to deliver espionage malware against multiple foreign embassies in Moscow; campaign disclosed by Microsoft. Data stolen likely includes diplomatic emails/credentials; exact volume not reported.
Telecommunications organizations in Southeast Asia
February 1, 2024
•[ espionage, technology ]
Telecommunications organizations in Southeast Asia have been targeted by a state-sponsored threat actor known as CL-STA-0969 to facilitate remote control over compromised networks.
Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 said it observed multiple incidents in the region, including one aimed at critical telecommunications infrastructure between February and November 2024.
Catwatchful
June 9, 2025
•[ espionage, sqlinjection, technology ]
In June 2025, spyware maker Catwatchful suffered a data breach that exposed over 60k customer records. The breach was due to a SQL injection vulnerability that enabled email addresses and plain text passwords to be extracted from the system.
ipany (VPN software developed by a South Korean company)
January 22, 2025
•[ espionage, technology ]
Researchers from ESET link a previously undocumented China-aligned advanced persistent threat (APT) group named PlushDaemon to a supply chain attack targeting ipany a South Korean virtual private network (VPN) provider.
Embassies, lawyers, government-backed banks, and think tanks in Kyrgyzstan
January 21, 2025
•[ espionage, government ]
Researchers at Seqrite discover a previously undocumented threat actor dubbed Silent Lynx, linked to cyber attacks targeting various entities in Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan.
Communist Party of Vietnam
August 1, 2024
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
Researchers at Recorded Future observe the Chinese state-sponsored group RedDelta targeting Mongolia, Taiwan, Myanmar, Vietnam, and Cambodia with an adapted infection chain to distribute its customized PlugX backdoor.
Mongolian Ministry of Defense
November 1, 2024
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
Researchers at Recorded Future observe the Chinese state-sponsored group RedDelta targeting Mongolia, Taiwan, Myanmar, Vietnam, and Cambodia with an adapted infection chain to distribute its customized PlugX backdoor.
Government bodies in Kazakhstan
January 13, 2025
•[ espionage, government ]
Researchers at Sekoia attribute the Russia-linked threat actors from APT28 to an ongoing cyber espionage campaign targeting Kazakhstan as part of the Kremlin's efforts to gather economic and political intelligence in Central Asia.
Undisclosed law firm in Canada
January 1, 2025
•[ espionage ]
EarthKapre, also known as RedCurl, is a highly sophisticated cyber espionage group known for its advanced operations, primarily targeting private-sector organizations with a focus on corporate espionage. The target of this attack is an organization within the Law Firms & Legal Services industry.
Organizations, businesses, and individuals in Japan
January 8, 2025
•[ espionage, government ]
Japan's National Police Agency (NPA) and National Center of Incident Readiness and Strategy for Cybersecurity (NCSC) accuse a China-linked threat actor named MirrorFace of orchestrating a persistent attack campaign targeting organizations, businesses, and individuals in the country since 2019.
