Tag: mena

2 Attack Reports | 0 Vulnerabilities

Attack reports

Hack-for-Hire Campaign Targets Journalists Across MENA Region

A hack-for-hire operation with suspected links to the Bitter threat actor targeted journalists, activists, and government officials across the Middle East and North Africa between 2023 and 2025. The campaign employed sophisticated spear-phishing attacks via LinkedIn, Apple Messages, WhatsApp, and e…
spear-phishing
oauth
hack-for-hire
journalists
mena
2026-04-09
civil-society-targeting
dracarys
prospy
regional-surveillance
tospy
Published: April 9, 2026
Linked vulnerabilities : CVE-2025-55182 (CVSS 10.0), CVE-2026-34040 (CVSS 8.8), CVE-2026-5281 (CVSS 8.8), CVE-2026-35616 (CVSS 9.8)
Downloadable IOCs: 0

Operation Olalampo: Inside MuddyWater's Latest Campaign

MuddyWater APT has launched Operation Olalampo, targeting organizations in the MENA region. The campaign involves new malware variants, including a Rust backdoor called CHAR, downloaders GhostFetch and HTTP_VIP, and an advanced backdoor GhostBackDoor. Notably, the group is using Telegram bots for c…
apt
c2
post-exploitation
ai-assisted
telegram bot
rust backdoor
2026-02-23
charmpower
ghostbackdoor
ghostfetch
http_vip
mena
operation olalampo
Published: February 23, 2026
Downloadable IOCs: 14
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