Gravity Forms (Rocketgenius)
July 14, 2025
•[ vulnerability, malware ]
Patchstack reported malicious code in official Gravity Forms installers affecting versions 2.9.11.1 and 2.9.12, enabling command execution on sites using the installers.
Undisclosed Hungarian Diplomatic Entities
September 1, 2025
•[ cyber-espionage, phishing, malware ]
China-linked UNC6384 conducted a cyber-espionage campaign beginning Sept 2025 against Hungarian diplomatic entities using EU/NATO-themed phishing emails with malicious .LNK attachments exploiting ZDI-CAN-25373 to deploy PlugX via DLL side-loading. Arctic Wolf Labs attributed the activity to UNC6384.
Undisclosed European drone manufacturer
March 25, 2025
•[ phishing, social engineering, malware ]
North Korean operators approached European defense engineers with fake job offers, delivering loaders that sideloaded ScoringMathTea and BinMergeLoader/MISTPEN to exfiltrate proprietary UAV designs and manufacturing know-how. Intelligence-collection focus; campaign targets several firms rather than one discrete victim record.
At least one undisclosed government or financial organization
December 1, 2024
•[ malware, espionage, data theft ]
Kaspersky tracks PassiveNeuron using bespoke Neursite and NeuralExecutor implants, often gaining RCE on exposed Windows servers (e.g., via MSSQL) and then staging modular plugins for stealthy collection through compromised internal servers. Campaign-level report without a single victim suitable for event coding.
At least one undisclosed government entity in the MENA region
September 1, 2025
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
Reporting indicates a sustained espionage wave using updated Phoenix implants against government entities, with goals of persistence and data collection rather than overt disruption; activity aligns with prior MuddyWater TTPs and region-focused intelligence objectives.
Jamnagar cyber-fraud case (farmers targeted)
January 1, 2025
•[ fraud, malware ]
Two men arrested by Jamnagar cybercrime police for siphoning 6.4 lakh INR through a fraudulent mobile app scam targeting farmers phones in Gujarat
At least one Crypto firm targeted via macOS malware
June 30, 2025
•[ malware, cryptocurrency, theft ]
Indonesian outlet Liputan6 reports North Korean actors using macOS malware to target cryptocurrency companies, consistent with DPRKs crypto theft campaigns.
Undisclosed European ministry
July 31, 2025
•[ malware, apt, intelligence collection ]
HackRead reports DoNot APT deployed LOPTiKMod malware against a European ministry to collect intelligence; attribution aligns with prior DoNot operations.
One undisclosed university in the United States
July 15, 2025
•[ espionage, vulnerability exploitation, malware ]
China-linked operators abused CVE-2025-53770 (ToolShell) weeks after Microsofts July patch to gain initial access at a telecom, escalate privileges (e.g., PetitPotam), harvest credentials, and deploy ShadowPad/Zingdoor/KrustyLoader for persistent espionage against telecom and government networks. Primary effect was covert access and collection, not service outage.
Undisclosed gaming mouse manufacturer (download site)
July 29, 2025
•[ malware, supply chain attack ]
PCWorld reports a gaming mouse vendors download page hosted malware for weeks, infecting users who downloaded driver/software packages.
Undisclosed European telecommunications organisation
July 3, 2025
•[ espionage, malware, vulnerability exploitation ]
Darktrace reports a China-aligned espionage actor (Salt Typhoon) breached a European telecom by exploiting a Citrix NetScaler Gateway, deploying SnappyBee malware for persistence and data staging. Activity reflects classic intelligence collection rather than service disruption; defenders observed beaconing, credential access, and movement to support systems.
PTOE Corporation
October 7, 2025
•[ website defacement, malware, phishing ]
Company confirmed official website was replaced and redirected to a fraudulent Chinese shopping site serving malware.
Undisclosed Ukrainian Energy Organization
June 6, 2025
•[ malware, apt, data destruction ]
PathWiper malware associated with a pro-Russian APT destroyed data at an undisclosed Ukrainian energy organization on June 6, 2025; Cisco Talos and CERT-UA confirmed data destruction; no data theft reported.
Multiple Thai bank ATMs
May 28, 2025
•[ skimming, malware ]
Police arrested a Bulgarian for allegedly installing devices/malware on ATMs; article cites arrests rather than a confirmed disruptive/theft effect on a named victim org. Not coded as a cyberattack event.
Private individuals (elderly victims in Encino, California)
January 1, 2025
•[ malware, phishing, ransomware ]
Malware infection launched by phishing email locked elderly victims computer, prompting payment of 25,000 USD to scammers; suspect Tai Su was arrested when he arrived to collect another 35,000 USD and later sentenced to 10 months in federal prison.
Alcaldía de Cáchira
May 2, 2025
•[ malware, theft ]
Authorities arrested suspects accused of using malware to access municipal accounts and steal $1.935 million COP from the Cchira mayors office.
Chile national football team (official YouTube channel)
April 18, 2025
•[ malware, account takeover ]
Hackers hijacked the Chile national football teams verified YouTube channel (~43,000 subscribers) for about 48 hours (April 1820 2025), replacing legitimate videos with gaming content embedding malware links and maintaining full administrative control until recovery.
Undisclosed South Korean company 5
November 1, 2024
•[ supply chain, malware ]
Lazarus leveraged infected supplier web pages to gain access to semiconductor sector organizations in Korea.
Undisclosed Taiwan government agencies
March 1, 2025
•[ phishing, malware, espionage ]
Trend Micro and THN describe a March 2025 spear-phishing campaign by China-aligned MirrorFace targeting public institutions in Japan and Taiwan using OneDrive-delivered ZIPs that dropped ROAMINGMOUSE and an upgraded ANEL backdoor; reporting outlines techniques and targeting, not specific victim impact details for a single named org.
Eastern Idaho College
May 30, 2025
•[ malware ]
Malware infection discovered around May 30, 2025 forced College of Eastern Idaho to shut down all computer systems, including internet and email services, for several days; operations gradually restored; no data theft or encryption reported.
