APT36 targets Indian educational institutions with Crimson RAT

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary APT36 is targeting educational institutions and students in the Indian subcontinent by distributing malicious documents to stage the Crimson RAT. To receive real-time threat advisories, please follow...

Transparent Tribe begins targeting education sector in latest campaign

Cisco Talos has been tracking a new malicious campaign operated by the Transparent Tribe APT group. This campaign involves the targeting of educational institutions and students in the Indian subcontinent, a deviation from the adversary's typical focus on government entities. The attacks result i...

Operation “Armor Piercer:” Targeted attacks in the Indian subcontinent using commercial RATs

By Asheer Malhotra, Vanja Svajcer and Justin Thattil. Cisco Talos is tracking a campaign targeting government personnel in India using themes and tactics similar to APT36 aka Mythic Leopard and Transparent Tribe.This campaign distributes malicious documents and archives to deliver the Netwire...