Belarusian anti-government protesters
September 2, 2020
•[ espionage, malware, technology ]
Google has removed an Android app from the Play Store that was used to collect personal information from Belarusians attending anti-government protests.
Georgian Ministry of Health
September 1, 2020
•[ espionage, government ]
The Georgian Ministry of Health is the victim of a cyberattack. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the attack was executed on the territory of a neighboring country to steal data on the Russian nerve agent Novichok.
Taiwan Government Ministries
August 19, 2020
•[ espionage, government ]
Chinese hackers have gained access to around 6,000 email accounts beloning to at least 10 Taiwan government agencies.
Israeli defense industry
August 12, 2020
•[ espionage, government ]
Israel claimed Wednesday that it had thwarted a cyberattack by a North Korea-linked hacking group on its classified defense industry. However, security researchers at ClearSky said the hackers penetrated the computer systems and were likely to have stolen a large amount of classified data.
Moderna
July 30, 2020
•[ espionage, healthcare ]
Chinese government-backed hackers have targeted Moderna in a bid to steal data.
Vatican and the Holy See's Study Mission to China'
July 29, 2020
•[ espionage, hack, government ]
Researchers from Recorded Future reveal that the Vatican's computer networks have allegedly been infiltrated by Chinese hackers in the run up to sensitive talks between the Catholic Church and Beijing focusing on the religion's status in China.
A telecom company in the Middle East
July 22, 2020
•[ espionage, malware, technology ]
Researchers from Palo Alto Networks discover a series of cyberattacks on a telecom company in the Middle East signaling the return of the OilRig APT. The attacks also revealed a revised backdoor tool in the group's arsenal, called RDAT.
Hong Kong Catholic Church
July 15, 2020
•[ espionage, phishing, government ]
China's government hackers have targeted members of the Hong Kong Catholic Church in a series of spear-phishing operations traced back to May this year.
Roger Torrent
July 14, 2020
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
Roger Torrent, the speaker of the Catalan parliament, and at least two other pro-independence supporters, have reportedly been told their phones were targeted last year using the 'Pegasus' spyware.
Uyghur ethnic minority
July 1, 2020
•[ espionage, malware, technology ]
Researchers from Lookout discover four Android surveillance tools, named SilkBean, DoubleAgent, CarbonSteal, and GoldenEagle, elements of campaigns originating in China, and primarily targeting the Uyghur ethnic minority.
Government and military entities in Vietnam
June 10, 2020
•[ espionage, government ]
Researchers from Kaspersky reveal that China-linked cyber-espionage group Cycldek is showing increasing sophistication in a series of recent attacks targeting government and military entities in Vietnam.
Taiwanese military
May 15, 2020
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
Researchers from Trend Micro reveal the details of a campaign targeting the air-gapped networks of the Taiwanese and the Philippine military via the USBferry malware.
Vietnamese government data center
April 30, 2020
•[ espionage, phishing, government ]
The Chinese-linked threat actor Pirate Panda sent phishing emails to Vietnamese government officials located in Da Nang, Vietnam. It is believed that the group attempted to access the accounts of employees in a government data center as part of an espionage campaign to gain information on issues surrounding the territorial conflict in the South China Sea.
Wuhan government
April 22, 2020
•[ espionage, phishing, government ]
Vietnamese hackers have sent spear-phishing messages to the government of the Wuhan province as part of a campaign to gather information about China's COVID-19 response.
podlasie24
April 22, 2020
•[ espionage, phishing, technology ]
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.
Chinese Ministry of Emergency Management
April 22, 2020
•[ espionage, phishing, government ]
Vietnamese hackers have sent spear-phishing messages to the China's Ministry of Emergency Management as part of a campaign to gather information about China's COVID-19 response.
Companies conducting research into treatments for COVID-19
April 16, 2020
•[ espionage, healthcare ]
The FBI reveals that foreign government hackers have broken into companies conducting research into treatments for COVID-19.
World Health Organization (WHO)
April 2, 2020
•[ espionage, phishing, government ]
Hackers working in the interests of the Iranian government have sent phishing emails masquerading as Google web services to WHO employees, attempting to gain access to internal information.
InformInvestGroup CJSC
March 20, 2020
•[ hack, espionage, government ]
Russian hacker group Digital Revolution claims to have breached InformInvestGroup CJSC, a contractor for the FSB, Russia's national intelligence service, and discovered details about Fronton, a project intended for hacking Internet of Things (IoT) devices.
Kobe Steel (Kobelco)
February 6, 2020
•[ espionage, manufacturing ]
The Japanese defense contractor Kobe Steel disclosed a security breach that happened in June 2015 and August 2016. Chinese threat actors Bronze Butler are believed to have been involved.
