North Korea’s APT37 deploys RokRAT in new phishing campaign against academics

ScarCruft (APT37) launches Operation HanKook Phantom, a phishing campaign using RokRAT to target academics, ex-officials, and researchers. Cybersecurity firm Seqrite Labs uncovered a phishing campaign, tracked as dubbed Operation HanKook Phantom, by the North Korea-linked group APT37 (aka Ricochet Chollima, ScarCruft, Reaper, and Group123). Threat actors are using a fake “National Intelligence Research Society Newsletter […]

September 1, 2025
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Amazon blocks APT29 campaign targeting Microsoft device code authentication

Amazon stopped a Russia-linked APT29 watering hole attack that hijacked Microsoft device code authentication via compromised sites. Amazon announced that it had disrupted an opportunistic watering hole campaign orchestrated by the Russia-linked cyber espionage group APT29 (aka SVR group, Cozy Bear, Nobelium, BlueBravo, Midnight Blizzard, and The Dukes). Amazon experts labeled the attacks as an opportunistic watering hole campaign using compromised […]

August 31, 2025
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Dutch intelligence warn that China-linked APT Salt Typhoon targeted local critical infrastructure

Dutch intelligence reports Chinese cyber spies (Salt Typhoon, RedMike) targeted the Netherlands, hitting critical infrastructure. The Dutch intelligence and security services MIVD and AIVD say Chinese cyber spies linked to Salt Typhoon (RedMike) targeted the Netherlands in a campaign hitting global critical infrastructure. In late 2024, a large-scale Chinese cyberespionage campaign targeting global telecoms was […]

August 29, 2025
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