At least one Telecom company in South Asia
January 8, 2026
•[ espionage, malware, threat intelligence ]
The Hacker News summarized Cisco Talos research attributing espionage-focused intrusions to a China-nexus actor tracked as UAT-7290. The campaign reportedly targets telecom entities in South Asia and Southeastern Europe, performing extensive reconnaissance followed by compromise activity that can lead to deployment of malware families including RushDrop, DriveSwitch, and SilentRaid. The article is threat-intelligence reporting focused on actor behavior, tooling, and geographic targeting, and it does not provide a bounded, single victim incident record with confirmed impact metrics (e.g., downtime or specific data stolen) for one named organization.
At least one Booking.com user
January 7, 2026
•[ phishing, social engineering, malware ]
Research summarized by Cybernews described a ClickFix social-engineering campaign abusing Booking.com branding. Victims receive phishing emails about a cancelled reservation and a large charge; clicking through leads to a fake Booking.com page with a fake refresh flow and a simulated Blue Screen of Death. The page instructs the user to paste/run a malicious script (PowerShell) via Windows Run, which then fetches and executes remote code, disables Windows Defender, and establishes persistence with C2 connectivity. The link is campaign/threat-intel reporting and does not provide a single confirmed victim organization or a bounded incident count, but it describes successful infections driven by user-executed commands.
At least one official in Ukraine's Defense Forces
October 1, 2025
•[ phishing, malware, backdoor ]
BleepingComputer reported that officials of Ukraines Defense Forces were targeted in a charity-themed operation between October and December 2025 that delivered a backdoor malware family called PluggyApe. CERT-UA assessed the activity as likely linked to the Russian-aligned threat group known as Void Blizzard (also referred to as Laundry Bear), with medium confidence in attribution. The infection chain described begins with instant messages over Signal or WhatsApp directing targets to a purported charity website and prompting them to download a password-protected archive containing documents, which then leads to backdoor execution and follow-on access for information theft. The report focuses on the campaigns TTPs and targeting rather than publishing a confirmed list of compromised entities.
Iberia Airlines
January 7, 2026
•[ infostealer, malware, credential theft ]
TechRadar and HackRead summarized Hudson Rock research describing a campaign in which an actor using the alias Zestix (aka Sentap) leveraged credentials harvested by infostealer malware (e.g., RedLine, Lumma, Vidar) to access corporate cloud instances where multi-factor authentication was not enforced. Reporting stated the attacker obtained and attempted to auction or sell large volumes of sensitive corporate files from roughly 50 enterprises worldwide, with at least one victim reportedly losing on the order of 139GB of data. Specific victim impacts vary by organization, and the timing of initial credential theft was not fully specified.
Viafier
January 22, 2026
•[ malware, data leak, unauthorized access ]
The Swiss rail operator Viafier Retica shut down its Vereina car-shuttle online ticket shop after discovering malware on the system. The organization stated that attackers likely accessed the web shop database, which may contain customer and employee contact details and hashed passwords. Users were advised to change passwords used on other services. The incident caused service disruption to online ticket sales while containment and investigation actions were undertaken.
Medical Practice of Dr. Richard Swift
January 12, 2026
•[ malware, cyberattack, data leak ]
DataBreaches reported on a class action lawsuit alleging that a Manhattan plastic surgery practice run by Dr. Richard Swift was compromised by a malware-related cyberattack in 2025 and that sensitive patient information was posted online. The suit alleged that a site hosted outside the U.S. displayed personal identifiers and medical record details for at least 22 patients, and that affected patients only learned about the breach after attackers contacted them directly. DataBreaches noted the same threat actors were linked to attacks on other plastic surgery practices and described a recurring pattern where attackers approached patients with demands in exchange for removing posted information. Public reporting did not confirm whether the practice paid, and the article noted the leak site later appeared offline.
At least one hospitality company in Europe
January 5, 2026
•[ phishing, malware, unauthorized access ]
The article reports that Russian-linked threat actors targeted European hospitality companies using phishing emails masquerading as booking inquiries. Victims who opened the attachments triggered malware that displayed a fake blue screen while enabling unauthorized access to internal systems.
At least one PT Taspen customer
January 1, 2026
•[ scam, phishing, malware ]
The online scam involving PT Taspen, which involved sending APK files to retirees, represents an increasingly structured and dangerous form of cybercrime, particularly as it involves the specific exploitation of personal data. The malicious APK applications sent to victims were designed to resemble official PT Taspen apps and were used to trick users into unknowingly granting access to various sensitive elements on their Android devices.
Undisclosed Thailand government organization
March 1, 2025
•[ malware ]
Researchers identified the use of a signed kernel-mode driver to hide ToneShell malware activity on systems of a Thai government organization, allowing covert long-term access.
Undisclosed Myanmar government organization
March 1, 2025
•[ state-sponsored attack, malware, rootkit ]
Chinese state-linked threat actors deployed a kernel-mode rootkit to conceal ToneShell malware on systems belonging to a Myanmar government organization, enabling stealthy persistent access.
China Xinchuang Initiative (at least one affiliated organization)
December 9, 2025
•[ phishing, malware, espionage ]
Security researchers reported a spear-phishing and malware campaign attributed to APT32 that successfully compromised at least one organization within Chinas Xinchuang Initiative IT ecosystem, resulting in unauthorized access for espionage purposes.
Passenger ferry owned by GNV
December 17, 2025
•[ malware, foreign interference, sabotage ]
French authorities reported that the passenger ferry 'Fantastic' (operated by Italian shipping company Grandi Navi Veloci, GNV) was infected with malware while docked in the port of Ste, France. Officials stated the malware could have enabled the ship to be remotely controlled, prompting an investigation into possible foreign interference. Prosecutors said a Latvian national was arrested and charged after the malware was discovered.
The Minersville School District
December 15, 2025
•[ malware ]
Minersville Area School District reported a cybersecurity incident after security tools detected attempts to install malware on certain district systems on Monday, December 15, 2025. As a precaution, the district took its computer network offline to contain any potential infection and engaged cybersecurity specialists to investigate the activity, validate system integrity, and plan a safe restoration. The network shutdown disrupted district operations and led to the closure of schools on Tuesday, December 16, 2025. Public reporting did not confirm whether data was accessed or exfiltrated, and the incident was described primarily as a malware-install attempt and precautionary outage.
At least one individual dowloading One Battle After Another torrent
November 12, 2025
•[ malware, trojan ]
This article summarizes Bitdefenders reporting on a malware distribution campaign that uses fake torrents claiming to contain a Leonardo DiCaprio film (One Battle After Another). The torrent bundle reportedly contains shortcut and script components that trigger a multi-stage infection chain leveraging PowerShell and other built-in Windows utilities, culminating in memory-resident deployment of the Agent Tesla remote access trojan
At least one Andorid user in Latin America
November 12, 2025
•[ malware, ransomware, phishing ]
The Record described a newly identified Android malware/ransomware campaign (DroidLock) distributed through phishing websites that trick users into installing fake apps and then lock devices behind a ransom message. The reporting focuses on a broad campaign targeting Spanish-speaking users rather than a single named victim organization with a discrete primary effect suitable for this datasets event unit. Because there is no specific victim organization, confirmed disruption window, or bounded impact scope for one entity, it is not coded here as an individual cyber event record.
Undetermined government and diplomatic entities (Oman, Morocco, Palestinian Authority)
December 12, 2025
•[ malware, information theft, espionage ]
The Record summarized threat-intelligence reporting alleging a Hamas-affiliated group (called Ashen Lepus) used malware-laden documents to compromise multiple government and diplomatic entities tied to Oman, Morocco, and the Palestinian Authority, including a malware strain referred to as AshTag used for information theft.
At least one individual in southeast Asia
April 12, 2025
•[ malware, fraud, financially motivated attack ]
A criminal threat group tracked as GoldFactory distributed malware targeting users in Southeast Asia, compromising endpoint devices to enable fraud and other financially motivated activity.
At least one undisclosed government and/or tech company
November 4, 2024
•[ state-sponsored, malware, backdoor ]
Government cybersecurity reporting described PRC state-sponsored actors using BRICKSTORM malware to maintain long-term persistence in victim environments, primarily affecting government services/facilities and IT sector organizations. In a documented case, actors accessed a DMZ web server (with a web shell present), moved laterally using service account credentials, copied Active Directory databases, pivoted into VMware vCenter, accessed domain controllers and an ADFS server, and exported cryptographic keys. BRICKSTORM provided stealthy backdoor access for command-and-control and remote operations and was used for persistence from at least April 2024 through at least September 3, 2025. The specific victim organization name was not disclosed in the reporting.
Pepe memecoin website
April 12, 2025
•[ website compromise, phishing, malware ]
The official website for the Pepe (PEPE) memecoin was compromised in a front-end attack that redirected visitors to a malicious site. According to Blockaid and Cointelegraph reporting, the compromised front-end contained code associated with the Inferno Drainer family and redirected users to a fake site that injects malicious code intended to drain crypto wallets. Users were advised to avoid interacting with the site while the issue was being addressed; the reporting did not quantify how many users were affected or whether wallet losses occurred.
At least one individual in Singapore
January 11, 2025
•[ malware, extortion, data leak ]
Singapore Police warned of a malware-enabled sextortion scam in which victims were lured via social media offers of online sexual services and deceived into downloading a malicious application. Police said the malware enabled scammers to remotely access victims photo galleries and contact lists, and in some cases capture or retrieve compromising content. Attackers then threatened to send the images to the victims contacts unless payments were made. Police reported at least six cases since November 2025 with total losses of at least S$20,000.
