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APT trends report Q1 2021

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During routine monitoring of detections for FinFisher spyware tools, we discovered traces that point to recent FinFly Web deployments. The victims we observed were all high-profile Tunisian organizations, such as telecommunications or aviation companies. Domestic Kitten is a threat group mainly known for its mobile backdoors.

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Advanced threat predictions for 2024

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However, instead of encrypting the data, it purposefully destroyed it in the affected systems. This politician became the target of a previously undiscovered “zero-day” attack aimed at infecting his phone with spyware. The malware posed as ransomware, demanding money from the victims for “decrypting” their data.

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