In February 2023, ESET researchers detected a spearphishing campaign targeting a governmental entity in Guyana. While we haven’t been able to link the campaign, which we named Operation Jacana, to any specific APT group, we believe with medium confidence that a China-aligned threat group is behind this incident. In the attack, the operators used a […]
Oct 05, 2023NewsroomCyber Espionage / Cyber Threat A governmental entity in Guyana has been targeted as part of a cyber espionage campaign dubbed Operation Jacana. The activity, which was detected by ESET in February 2023, entailed a spear-phishing attack that led to the deployment of a hitherto undocumented implant written in C++ called DinodasRAT. The […]
The Android banking Trojan Zanubis has taken on a new guise, posing as the official app for the Peruvian governmental organization SUNAT (Superintendencia Nacional de Aduanas y de Administración Tributaria). Originally detected in August 2022, this malware targets financial and cryptocurrency users in Peru by impersonating legitimate Android apps. Zanubis tricks users into granting Accessibility […]