Last year, Kaspersky researchers published an article about SideWinder, a highly prolific APT group whose primary targets have been military and government entities in Pakistan, Sri Lanka, China, and Nepal.
In the article, they described activities that had mostly happened in the first half of the year. The researchers tried to draw attention to the group, which was aggressively extending its activities beyond their typical targets, infecting government entities, logistics companies and maritime infrastructures in South and Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. Kaspersky continued to monitor the group throughout the rest of the year, observing intense activity that included updates to SideWinder’s toolset and the creation of a massive new infrastructure. In addition, the researchers noticed a new and significant increase in attacks against maritime infrastructures and logistics companies.
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Source: Kaspersky
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