Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2018-07-27 00:00:00
Affected organization: Government agency in the Middle East
Affected country: Undetermined
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of End Hosts
Motive: Political-Espionage
Actor: DarkHydrus
Actor type: Nation-State
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: Researchers from Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 unveils a targeted attack against a government agency in the Middle East carried out by a threat actor dubbed DarkHydrus.