Related Threat Clusters
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Gamaredon APT Escalates Cyber Operations Against Ukraine in 2025
The Gamaredon group, a Russian-aligned APT, has significantly upgraded its cyber capabilities in 2025, focusing on spear-phishing campaigns against Ukrainian targets. ESET Research reports that Gamaredon conducted 35…
7 articles · Updated June 25, 2026 -
France Exposes Pro-Chinese Fake News Network Linked to CGTN
On June 4, 2026, Viginum, the French government agency, revealed a network of fake news websites linked to China's state media, CGTN. The operation, named 'Fawn Mianju', uncovered over 3000 articles, with 2300 being…
2 articles · Updated June 9, 2026 -
Bluesky Faces DDoS Attack from Iran-Linked Hackers, Causing Major Outage
Bluesky, a social networking platform, experienced a 24-hour outage due to a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack linked to an Iran-aligned hacktivist group. The attack began on August 17, 2026, overwhelming the…
9 articles · Updated August 18, 2026 -
Mastodon's flagship server suffers major DDoS attack, disrupting service
Mastodon's flagship server, mastodon.social, experienced a severe DDoS attack on April 20, 2026, which temporarily rendered the site inaccessible to many users. The attack involved a flood of malicious web traffic that…
6 articles · Updated April 20, 2026 -
Global Operation Endgame Disrupts Amadey Botnet and Stealc Infostealer
ESET Research participated in Operation Endgame, a coordinated effort to disrupt the Amadey botnet and Stealc infostealer. This operation involved multiple organizations, including Microsoft and Europol, targeting the…
2 articles · Updated June 29, 2026
Recent Intelligence Reports
- Bluesky Hit Twice by Iran-Linked Hackers: ATProto API Is DDoS Soft Target — Techtimes · August 19, 2026
- Gamaredon 2025 Leveraging Tunnels Workers Dead Drops New Alliances — www.welivesecurity.com · June 30, 2026
- ESET takes part in global Operation Endgame to disrupt Amadey botnet and Stealc infostealer — Eset · June 29, 2026
- ESET Research investigates Russian-aligned Gamaredon group — Markets.Businessinsider · June 25, 2026
- How France uncovered a network of propaganda sites linked to Beijing — Lemonde.Fr · June 9, 2026
- Mastodon hit by DDoS attack, disrupting flagship server | brief — Scworld · April 21, 2026
- Mastodon DDoS Attack Disrupts Flagship Server Temporarily — Technadu · April 21, 2026
- Mastodon was hit by a 'major' DDoS attack that briefly took down parts of the service — Engadget · April 20, 2026