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Pakistan hit by nationwide power outage, is it the result of a cyber attack?

Issued by: Security Affairs

On Monday, a nationwide blackout in Pakistan left millions of people in the darkness, and the authorities are investigating if it was caused by a cyberattack. The power outage impacted all the major cities in Pakistan. The good news is that authorities were able to restore power across Pakistan within 24 hours. “Pakistan‘s energy minister…

Malware & Threats

Patchwork APT caught in its own web

Issued by: Blog Malwarebytes

Patchwork is an Indian threat actor that has been active since December 2015 and usually targets Pakistan via spear phishing attacks. In its most recent campaign from late November to early December 2021, Patchwork has used malicious RTF files to drop a variant of the BADNEWS (Ragnatela) Remote Administration Trojan (RAT). What is interesting among…

Malware & Threats

Amnesty Links Indian Cybersecurity Firm to Spyware Attack on African Activist

Issued by: Security Week

In late 2019 and early 2020, ahead of the presidential elections in Togo, the Donot Team hacking group attempted to spy on a prominent Togolese human rights defender, but only managed to raise the victim’s suspicion. Active since at least 2012 and also tracked as APT-C-35, and SectorE02, Donot Team is mainly known for its…