Malware News Operation Cobalt Whisper: Threat Actor Targets Multiple Industries Across Hong Kong and Pakistan.

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SEQRITE Labs APT-Team has recently uncovered a campaign targeting various industries such as the Defense Sector in Pakistan and predominantly researchers from Hong Kong. Tracked as Operation Cobalt Whisper, the entire campaign heavily leverages the use of a post-exploitation tool Cobalt Strike, which is deployed using obfuscated VBScript. A total of 20 infection chains have been identified so far along with additional individual samples, where 18 of them target Hong Kong and two target Pakistan where over 30 decoy files have been identified.

Operation Cobalt Whisper Targets Industries in Hong Kong and Pakistan

SEQRITE Labs uncovers Operation Cobalt Whisper, a campaign targeting defense, research, and other industries. Learn about the attacker's tactics, techniques, and indicators of compromise (IOCs).

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