BlueHat Asia 2025: Closing soon: Submit your papers by September 14, 2025

The next chapter of the Microsoft Security Response Center’s MSRC BlueHat security conference is fast approaching. BlueHat Asia 2025 will take place in Bengaluru, India, on November 5 – 6, 2025 and the Call for Papers is now open. Submissions will be accepted through September 14, 2025. Now in it...

Noodlophile Malware Campaign Expands Global Reach with Copyright Phishing Lures

The threat actors behind the Noodlophile malware are leveraging spear-phishing emails and updated delivery mechanisms to deploy the information stealer in attacks aimed at enterprises located in the U.S., Europe, Baltic countries, and the Asia-Pacific APAC region. "The Noodlophile campaign, activ...

GhostContainer backdoor: malware compromising Exchange servers of high-value organizations in Asia

In a recent incident response IR case, we discovered highly customized malware targeting Exchange infrastructure within government environments. Analysis of detection logs and clues within the sample suggests that the Exchange server was likely compromised via a known N-day vulnerability. Our...

State-Backed HazyBeacon Malware Uses AWS Lambda to Steal Data from SE Asian Governments

Governmental organizations in Southeast Asia are the target of a new campaign that aims to collect sensitive information by means of a previously undocumented Windows backdoor dubbed HazyBeacon. The activity is being tracked by Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 under the moniker CL-STA-1020 , where "CL"...

BERT Ransomware Group Targets Asia and Europe on Multiple Platforms

BERT is a newly emerged ransomware group that pairs simple code with effective execution—carrying out attacks across Europe and Asia. In this entry, we examine the group’s tactics, how their variants have evolved, and the tools they use to get past defenses and speed up encryption across platform...

Study Reveals API Security Gaps in Asia-Pacific Compliance Programs

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New Malware Campaign Uses Cloudflare Tunnels to Deliver RATs via Phishing Chains

A new campaign is making use of Cloudflare Tunnel subdomains to host malicious payloads and deliver them via malicious attachments embedded in phishing emails. The ongoing campaign has been codenamed SERPENTINECLOUD by Securonix. It leverages "the Cloudflare Tunnel infrastructure and Python-based...

Operation Secure: INTERPOL Disrupts 20,000 Infostealer Domains, 32 Arrested

INTERPOL disrupts 20,000 infostealer domains in major cybercrime crackdown across Asia-Pacific, 32 arrested, 216K victims notified in Operation Secure...

Operation Secure: Trend Micro's Threat Intelligence Fuels INTERPOL's Infostealer Infrastructure Takedown

In this blog, we discuss how Trend Micro played a pivotal role in Operation Secure, a multi-national law enforcement effort that dismantled the infrastructure behind widespread infostealer malware campaigns across Asia and the Pacific...

Researchers Detail Bitter APT's Evolving Tactics as Its Geographic Scope Expands

The threat actor known as Bitter has been assessed to be a state-backed hacking group that's tasked with gathering intelligence that aligns with the interests of the Indian government. That's according to new findings jointly published by Proofpoint and Threatray in an exhaustive two-part analysi...

Fake Recruiter Emails Target CFOs Using Legit NetBird Tool Across 6 Global Regions

Cybersecurity researchers have warned of a new spear-phishing campaign that uses a legitimate remote access tool called Netbird to target Chief Financial Officers CFOs and financial executives at banks, energy companies, insurers, and investment firms across Europe, Africa, Canada, the Middle Eas...

CVE-2024-48774

An issue in Fermax Asia Pacific Pte Ltd com.fermax.vida 2.4.6 allows a remote attacker to obtain sensitve information via the firmware update process...

South Asian Ministries Hit by SideWinder APT Using Old Office Flaws and Custom Malware

High-level government institutions in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Pakistan have emerged as the target of a new campaign orchestrated by a threat actor known as SideWinder. "The attackers used spear phishing emails paired with geofenced payloads to ensure that only victims in specific countries...

Xinbi Telegram Market Tied to $8.4B in Crypto Crime, Romance Scams, North Korea Laundering

A Chinese-language, Telegram-based marketplace called Xinbi Guarantee has facilitated no less than $8.4 billion in transactions since 2022, making it the second major black market to be exposed after HuiOne Guarantee. According to a report published by blockchain analytics firm Elliptic, merchant...

Earth Kurma Targets Southeast Asia With Rootkits and Cloud-Based Data Theft Tools

Government and telecommunications sectors in Southeast Asia have become the target of a "sophisticated" campaign undertaken by a new advanced persistent threat APT group called Earth Kurma since June 2024. The attacks, per Trend Micro, have leveraged custom malware, rootkits, and cloud storage...

CVE-2025-27299

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory 'Path Traversal' vulnerability in WP Asia MyTicket Events myticket-events allows Path Traversal.This issue affects MyTicket Events: from n/a through = 1.2.4...

Earth Kurma APT Campaign Targets Southeast Asian Government, Telecom Sectors

An APT group dubbed Earth Kurma is actively targeting government and telecommunications organizations in Southeast Asia using advanced malware, rootkits, and trusted cloud services to conduct cyberespionage...

Lotus Panda Hacks SE Asian Governments With Browser Stealers and Sideloaded Malware

The China-linked cyber espionage group tracked as Lotus Panda has been attributed to a campaign that compromised multiple organizations in an unnamed Southeast Asian country between August 2024 and February 2025. "Targets included a government ministry, an air traffic control organization, a...

CVE-2025-27299

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory 'Path Traversal' vulnerability in WP Asia MyTicket Events myticket-events allows Path Traversal.This issue affects MyTicket Events: from n/a through = 1.2.4...

BPFDoor’s Hidden Controller Used Against Asia, Middle East Targets

A controller linked to BPF backdoor can open a reverse shell, enabling deeper infiltration into compromised networks. Recent attacks have been observed targeting the telecommunications, finance, and retail sectors across South Korea, Hong Kong, Myanmar, Malaysia, and Egypt...