Local media outlets in Azerbaijan
February 20, 2025
•[ targeted attack, data destruction, state-sponsored attack ]
Azerbaijans parliament commission head said APT29/Cozy Bear was behind a Feb 20 cyberattack that targeted internal servers at Baku TV and spread to other outlets, aiming to disrupt media infrastructure and alter/delete information; officials framed motive as retaliation over Russia-related media actions.
Harbin Asian Winter Games Organizing Committee
February 7, 2025
•[ cyberattack, state-sponsored attack ]
China accuses US of launching 'advanced' cyberattacks, names alleged NSA agents
Multiple Organizations in Asia
February 6, 2025
•[ espionage, backdoor, credential theft ]
Evasive Panda, a Chinese state-sponsored group operating under the Ministry of State Securitys Guangdong State Security Department / Technical Reconnaissance Bureau, deployed a custom SSH backdoor across enterprise network devices to exfiltrate credentials and maintain long-term covert access in espionage operations identified by Cisco Talos in February 2025.
Undisclosed cryptocurrency market-making firm
October 20, 2024
•[ data exfiltration, cryptocurrency, state-sponsored attack ]
Recorded Future observed C2 reconnaissance followed by FTP exfiltration from a market-making firm in the UAE during the Contagious Interview campaign (OctNov 2024). Attributed to the NGB 3rd Technical Surveillance Bureau (North Korea).
Undisclosed online casino operator
October 20, 2024
•[ Data exfiltration, State-sponsored attack, Reconnaissance ]
Recorded Future analysis identified reconnaissance and FTP exfiltration traffic from a Costa Rican online casino targeted in the Contagious Interview campaign (OctNov 2024), attributed to the NGB 3rd Technical Surveillance Bureau (North Korea).
At least one individual in Ukraine
January 6, 2024
•[ phishing, credential harvesting, state-sponsored attack ]
The article reports researchers observed a months-long phishing/credential-harvesting operation targeting users of UKR.NET, a popular Ukrainian webmail and news service. The campaign ran from June 2024 through April 2025 and was attributed to Russian state-backed BlueDelta (APT28/Fancy Bear/Forest Blizzard). Researchers said the actors created multiple fake UKR.NET login pages and sent phishing emails with PDF attachments containing embedded links to the fraudulent portals, with more than 20 linked PDF lure files identified. The purpose was assessed as harvesting credentials and gathering intelligence supporting broader Russian objectives; the reporting did not quantify how many users were successfully compromised.
