NewsPenguin is threat actor that has been targeting organizations in Pakistan. They use a complex payload delivery mechanism and exploit the upcoming Pakistan International Maritime Expo & Conference as a lure to trick their victims. The group has been linked to a phishing campaign that leverages spear-phishing emails and weaponized documents to deliver an advanced espionage tool.
The same group is tracked under different names by different vendors.
| Vendor | Name |
|---|---|
| Various | NewsPenguin |
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Indicators from free threat feeds (abuse.ch ThreatFox, AlienVault OTX) attributed to NewsPenguin. Each row shows why it was linked and where it came from.
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Open-source reports about this actor collected from MISP Galaxy.