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.
Pasco Corporation
February 6, 2020
•[ espionage, manufacturing ]
The Japanese defense contractor Pasco disclosed a security breach that happened in May 2018. Chinese threat actors Bronze Butler are believed to have been involved.
Hetman Petro Sahaidachnyi National Ground Forces Academy
February 5, 2020
•[ espionage, government ]
The Russia-aligned threat actor Gamaredon intensified its efforts to compromise Ukrainian defense and intelligence targets. The attacks include both cyberespionage and attempted sabotage of physical assets. Among the victims is the Hetman Petro Sahaidachnyi National Ground Forces Academy.
Ukrainian ISP
February 4, 2020
•[ espionage ]
Ukrainian police arrest a 16-year-old from the city of Odessa for attempting to extort a local ISP into sharing data on one of its subscribers.
kauno.diena.lt
January 30, 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.
Relative of Azadeh Shafiee
January 30, 2020
•[ espionage, social, phishing ]
The Iranian state-backed threat actor Charming Kitten impersonated prominent journalists and sent targets fake interview requests in order to steal their credentials and send them malware. One of the fake messages was from Azadeh Shafiee, an anchor for London-based broadcaster Iran International, that attempted to target one of her relatives.
