Indian National Pleads Guilty to $37 Million Cryptocurrency Theft Scheme An Indian national has pleaded guilty in the U.S. over charges of stealing more than $37 million by setting up a website that impersonated the Coinbase cryptocurrency exchange platform. Chirag Tomar, 30, pleaded guilty to wire fraud conspiracy, which carries Read more…
Pakistan-linked Hackers Deploy Python, Golang, and Rust Malware on Indian Targets The Pakistan-nexus Transparent Tribe actor has been linked to a new set of attacks targeting Indian government, defense, and aerospace sectors using cross-platform malware written in Python, Golang, and Rust. “This cluster of activity spanned from late 2023 to April 2024 Read more…
Indian Government Rescues 250 Citizens Forced into Cybercrime in Cambodia The Indian government said it has rescued and repatriated about 250 citizens in Cambodia who were held captive and coerced into running cyber scams. The Indian nationals “were lured with employment opportunities to that country but were forced to undertake Read more…
Hackers Hit Indian Defense, Energy Sectors with Malware Posing as Air Force Invite Indian government entities and energy companies have been targeted by unknown threat actors with an aim to deliver a modified version of an open-source information stealer malware called HackBrowserData and exfiltrate sensitive information in some cases by Read more…
New Backdoor Targeting European Officials Linked to Indian Diplomatic Events A previously undocumented threat actor dubbed SPIKEDWINE has been observed targeting officials in European countries with Indian diplomatic missions using a new backdoor called WINELOADER. The adversary, according to a report from Zscaler ThreatLabz, used a PDF file in emails that purported to come Read more…
Rust-Based Malware Targets Indian Government Entities Dec 22, 2023NewsroomMalware / Cyber Threat Indian government entities and the defense sector have been targeted by a phishing campaign that’s engineered to drop Rust-based malware for intelligence gathering. The activity, first detected in October 2023, has been codenamed Operation RusticWeb by enterprise security Read more…
Malicious Apps Disguised as Banks and Government Agencies Targeting Indian Android Users Android smartphone users in India are the target of a new malware campaign that employs social engineering lures to install fraudulent apps that are capable of harvesting sensitive data. “Using social media platforms like WhatsApp and Telegram, attackers Read more…
Indian Hack-for-Hire Group Targeted U.S., China, and More for Over 10 Years An Indian hack-for-hire group targeted the U.S., China, Myanmar, Pakistan, Kuwait, and other countries as part of a wide-ranging espionage, surveillance, and disruptive operation for over a decade. The Appin Software Security (aka Appin Security Group), according to Read more…
Vietnamese Hackers Using New Delphi-Powered Malware to Target Indian Marketers Nov 14, 2023NewsroomChatGPT / Malware The Vietnamese threat actors behind the Ducktail stealer malware have been linked to a new campaign that ran between March and early October 2023, targeting marketing professionals in India with an aim to hijack Facebook Read more…
SideCopy Exploiting WinRAR Flaw in Attacks Targeting Indian Government Entities Nov 07, 2023NewsroomVulnerability / Malware The Pakistan-linked threat actor known as SideCopy has been observed leveraging the recent WinRAR security vulnerability in its attacks targeting Indian government entities to deliver various remote access trojans such as AllaKore RAT, Ares RAT, Read more…