NSFOCUS APT Monthly Briefing - March 2025
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Regional APT Threat Situation
Overview
In March 2025, the global threat hunting system of NSFOCUS Fuying Laboratory discovered a total of 19 APT attack activities. These activities were mainly distributed in South Asia, East Asia, Eastern Europe, and South America, as shown in the following figure.
In terms of group activity, the most active APT groups this month were Bitter, Patchwork and Sidewinder in the South Asian direction, while other more active groups include Konni in the East Asian direction.
The most popular intrusion method for this month’s events was spear phishing email attack, which account for 79% of the total attack incidents. There were also a few attack groups that used vulnerability, and watering hole attack for intrusion.
In March 2025, the primary targets of APT groups were government agencies, accounting for 47%, followed by organizations and individuals which account for 16%. Other attack targets include national defense forces, scientific research institutions, infrastructure, etc.
East …
Overview
In March 2025, the global threat hunting system of NSFOCUS Fuying Laboratory discovered a total of 19 APT attack activities. These activities were mainly distributed in South Asia, East Asia, Eastern Europe, and South America, as shown in the following figure.
In terms of group activity, the most active APT groups this month were Bitter, Patchwork and Sidewinder in the South Asian direction, while other more active groups include Konni in the East Asian direction.
The most popular intrusion method for this month’s events was spear phishing email attack, which account for 79% of the total attack incidents. There were also a few attack groups that used vulnerability, and watering hole attack for intrusion.
In March 2025, the primary targets of APT groups were government agencies, accounting for 47%, followed by organizations and individuals which account for 16%. Other attack targets include national defense forces, scientific research institutions, infrastructure, etc.
East …