Subhajeet Singha

Acronis TRU reveals how one operator used a 12-agent AI attack mesh to target organizations across 11 countries and transform cyberthreat operations.

Acronis Threat Research Unit (TRU) uncovered a multinational campaign in which a Chinese-speaking threat actor, tracked as Red Heron, rapidly weaponized CVE-2026-60004 to compromise internet-facing instances of Gitea, a self-hosted source-code management platform. The activity progressed from source-code theft to persistent access, credential collection, and lateral movement.

Acronis’ Threat Research Unit (TRU) identified a recent campaign focused on Cambodia. The analyzed archives, discovered while hunting for related activity, use several lure themes, including Cambodian government notices, public health announcements, dental examination records, real estate documents, and promotional offers.

Acronis Threat Research Unit (TRU) has identified an ongoing campaign delivering a previously undocumented custom backdoor against Afghan telecom providers and South Asian critical infrastructure organizations. The backdoor, tracked as PATCHCORD, is a compiled C/C++ implant delivered through sector-specific lures, including fake VPN installers impersonating Afghan Telecom (AFTEL) and telecom management tools.

Acronis Threat Research Unit (TRU) has been tracking two concurrent campaigns orchestrated by Mustang Panda targeting Indian government entities, delivering new malware implants and abusing Zoho WorkDrive, a legitimate cloud storage platform commonly used in the Indian government sector.

Acronis Threat Research Unit (TRU) has identified two espionage-focused campaigns targeting Cambodian government entities in the defense and public works sectors. TRU has assessed with moderate confidence that the activity is espionage-motivated and likely aligned with regional intelligence collection interests in Southeast Asia.

Acronis Threat Research Unit (TRU) identified a new variant of the LOTUSLITE backdoor with a theme related to India's banking sector, delivered via DLL sideloading using a legitimate Microsoft-signed executable.

Acronis Threat Research Unit (TRU) has identified a targeted campaign distributing a trojanized version of the Red Alert rocket warning Android app to Israeli users via SMS messages impersonating official Home Front Command communications.

Acronis' Threat Research Unit (TRU) has uncovered a malware campaign, dubbed CRESCENTHARVEST, potentially targeting supporters of Iran's ongoing protests with the goal of information theft and long-term espionage.

Acronis Threat Research Unit (TRU) has been tracking Transparent Tribe, also known as APT36, and has uncovered a campaign that stands out for its use of startup-oriented, themed lure material delivered via an ISO container-based file.

Acronis Threat Research Unit (TRU) observed a targeted malware campaign against U.S. government entities leveraging a politically themed ZIP archive containing a loader executable and a malicious DLL. The executable is used to sideload and execute the DLL, which functions as the primary backdoor, tracked as LOTUSLITE.