Government in Eastern Europe
July 10, 2019
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
Researchers from ESET discover a zero-day exploit (CVE-2019-1132), deployed in a highly targeted attack in Eastern Europe.
Croatian government
July 5, 2019
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
A new report reveals that Croatian government employees have been targeted by a state-sponsored actor between February and April this year, via the Empire and SilentTrinity backdoors.
Yandex
June 27, 2019
•[ espionage, malware, technology ]
Reuters reveal that hackers working for Western intelligence agencies broke into Russian internet search company Yandex in late 2018. Apparently the attack was carried out with a Regin variant.
Iran
June 17, 2019
•[ espionage, government ]
Iran says it had exposed a large cyber espionage network allegedly run by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
Russia's electric power grid
June 15, 2019
•[ espionage, malware, energy ]
The New York Times, citing current and former government officials, reveals that the United States planted a potentially destructive malware in Russia's electric power grid.
Hong Kong branch of Amnesty International
April 25, 2019
•[ espionage, hack, government ]
The Hong Kong branch of human rights group Amnesty International reveal it was targeted by state-sponsored hackers in a cyberattack "consistent with those carried out by hostile groups linked to the Chinese government".
Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) (APT 34 OilRig)
April 18, 2019
•[ espionage, leak, government ]
A collective dubbed Lab Dookhtegan reveal details about the inner workings of the cyber-espionage group known as OilRig, APT34, and HelixKitten, linked to the Iranian government. The source code of their tools is leaked on Telegram.
Ukrainian military
April 16, 2019
•[ espionage, phishing, malware ]
Researchers from FireEye reveal that multiple Ukrainian military departments were targeted by a spear phishing campaign which attempted to drop a RATVERMIN backdoor as part of a second-stage payload delivered with the help of a Powershell script.
Bayer
April 4, 2019
•[ espionage, malware, manufacturing ]
Bayer reveals to have contained a cyber attack carried out by the Wicked Panda Group via the WINNTI malware.
Belgian Interior Ministry
April 1, 2019
•[ espionage, government ]
Belgian officials said that hackers breached the network of its interior ministry in a security incident that took place in April 2019. The investigation found that the threat actor's motive was likely espionage.
Raymond Houndjo
April 1, 2019
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
Hackers used spyware, developed by Israeli technology firm NSO Group, that exploited a vulnerability in the messaging app WhatsApp to inject spyware onto the phones of opposition politicians and prominent religious leaders in Togo. The hack coincided with pro-reform protests in the country. Among the victims is Raymond Houndjo, a prominent member of the opposition party.
Unknown Organization
March 14, 2019
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
A Pakistani government site used as a tracking platform for passport applications is compromised to deliver a ScanBox framework payload which captures the visitors' machine information and logs their keystrokes.
Pennsylvania State University
March 5, 2019
•[ espionage, hack, education ]
Chinese hackers targeted twenty-seven universities in the United States, Canada, and Southeast Asia as part of a scheme to steal research about maritime technology under development for military use. Among the victimis is Pennsylvania State University.
University of Hawaii
March 5, 2019
•[ espionage, education ]
Chinese hackers targeted twenty-seven universities in the United States, Canada, and Southeast Asia as part of a scheme to steal research about maritime technology under development for military use. Among the victimis is the University of Hawaii.
University of Washington
March 5, 2019
•[ espionage, education ]
Chinese hackers targeted twenty-seven universities in the United States, Canada, and Southeast Asia as part of a scheme to steal research about maritime technology under development for military use. Among the victimis is the University of Washington.
Duke University
March 5, 2019
•[ espionage, hack, education ]
Chinese hackers targeted twenty-seven universities in the United States, Canada, and Southeast Asia as part of a scheme to steal research about maritime technology under development for military use. Among the victimis is Duke University.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
March 5, 2019
•[ hack, espionage, education ]
Chinese hackers targeted twenty-seven universities in the United States, Canada, and Southeast Asia as part of a scheme to steal research about maritime technology under development for military use. Among the victimis is the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Turkish government entity
March 4, 2019
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
Researchers from Palo Alto Networks reveal that the Iran-linked Chafer APT group used a new Python-based backdoor in recent attacks aimed at a Turkish government entity.
Middle Eastern government agency
February 21, 2019
•[ espionage, government ]
Researchers of Palo Alto Networks reveal the details of an additional attack by the Windhsift APT, targeting a Middle Eastern government agency.
Australian Labor Party
February 8, 2019
•[ espionage, government ]
Authorities in Australia have concluded that China was responsible for hacking the Australian Labor Party before the Australian election in a campaign that also included the hacking of the country's Parliament.
