National Party of Australia
February 8, 2019
•[ espionage, government ]
Authorities in Australia have concluded that China was responsible for hacking the National Party of Australia before the Australian election in a campaign that also included the hacking of the country's Parliament.
Visma
February 4, 2019
•[ espionage, technology ]
Norwegian software firm Visma reveals to be among the victims of the Cloudhopper campaign allegedly orchestrated by Chinese state-sponsored actors.
Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani
January 30, 2019
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
Former U.S. government intelligence operatives working for the UAE used the spying tool Karma to hack the iPhones of activists, diplomats, and rival foreign leaders. One of the targets is Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani.
Mehmet ?im?ek
January 30, 2019
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
Former U.S. government intelligence operatives working for the UAE used the spying tool Karma to hack the iPhones of activists, diplomats, and rival foreign leaders. One of the targets is Turkey's former Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet ?im?ek.
Tawakkol Karman
January 30, 2019
•[ espionage, hack, malware ]
Former U.S. government intelligence operatives working for the UAE used the spying tool Karma to hack the iPhones of activists, diplomats, and rival foreign leaders. One of the targets is Tawakkol Karman, a human rights activist known as the Iron Woman of Yemen.
Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah
January 30, 2019
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
Former U.S. government intelligence operatives working for the UAE used the spying tool Karma to hack the iPhones of activists, diplomats, and rival foreign leaders. One of the targets is Oman's head of foreign affairs, Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah.
Sen. Claire McCaskill
December 31, 2018
•[ espionage, phishing, government ]
Sen. Claire McCaskill and her staffers are the targets of a spear phishing campaign allegedly orchestrated by the infamous Fancy Bear AKA APT28.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus
December 19, 2018
•[ espionage, phishing, government ]
A report by Area 1 Security reveals that a successful phishing attack on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus, an EU member nation, compromised the diplomatic communication network for the European Union (COREU).
Contractors working for the US Navy
December 14, 2018
•[ espionage, government ]
According to a new report, classified military information including missile plans have been stolen from contractors working for the US Navy by hackers linked to China.
Ukraine Telecommunications Network
December 4, 2018
•[ espionage, hack, technology ]
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) reveals to have stopped a "massive" cyberattack against the country's telecommunications network, and blames the Kremlin for the attempted hack.
Czech Ministry of Defense
December 3, 2018
•[ espionage, hack, government ]
The Czech Security Intelligence Service (BIS) says that two Russian-linked cyber-espionage groups have hacked into the Czech Republic's government networks during 2016 and 2017.
Middle East Airlines
November 14, 2018
•[ espionage, misconfiguration, government ]
An unknown actor with a connection to Iran hijacked DNS records to target the traffic of governments and telecommunications organizations around the world. One of the victims is Middle East Airlines, a Lebanese airline.
UK Engineering Company
November 13, 2018
•[ espionage, phishing, manufacturing ]
Researchers from Recorded Future reveal the details of a spear phishing campaign carried out by the Chinese TEMP.Periscope group against a UK based engineering company, leveraging Russian APT Techniques.
kasvyksta.lt
October 26, 2018
•[ espionage, hack, government ]
Ghostwriter, a suspected Belarus-backed hacking group, has compromised websites and email accounts in Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland'to publish fabricated documents pushing anti-North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) narratives consistent with Kremlin talking points. The influence campaign started in 2017.
A primary company in the Italian naval industry
October 17, 2018
•[ espionage, malware, manufacturing ]
Researchers from Yoroi discover a new targeted campaign against one of the most important companies in the Italian naval industry. The malware is dubbed MartyMcFly.
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
October 4, 2018
•[ espionage, misconfiguration, government ]
A threat actor, believed to be Russian military intelligence, targeted the office of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in The Hague with a view of compromising its Wi-Fi network for espionage purposes.
TelAlaska
August 16, 2018
•[ espionage, technology ]
A threat actor is targeting multiple organizations with trade ties to China, including those connected with China's Belt and Road Initiative. The actor also targets organizations in advance of officials' meetings with Chinese trade officials.
Ghanem al-Masarir
August 1, 2018
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
A threat actor targeted Ghanem al-Masarir, a Saudi dissident, for espionage purposes. The threat actor used the Pegasus tool, created by the NSO Group.
Amnesty International
August 1, 2018
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
Amnesty International reveals to have been targeted by a campaign carried out via the surveillance malware developed by the Israel surveillance vendor, NSO Group.
Yahya Assiri
August 1, 2018
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
A threat actor targeted Yahya Assiri, a critic of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, for espionage purposes. The threat actor used the Pegasus tool, created by the NSO Group.
