hacker-news · Crawled Jul 11, 2026
Hackers Weaponize Balochistan Police Portal in Multi-Group Espionage Campaigns
5 IoCs 2 Actors 4 Malware
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AI Summary
Cyber espionage campaigns targeting Pakistani law enforcement agencies, including the Balochistan Police, have been conducted by suspected China- and India-aligned threat actors between February 2024 and April 2026. The attackers exploited web applications such as the Complaint Management System to deploy custom malware, including PlugX, ShadowPad, Cobalt Strike, and Remcos RAT. These operations targeted sensitive data including biometric records, criminal files, and personnel information, with infrastructure overlaps linking some activity to known threat groups like Mysterious Elephant. The compromise of public-facing portals extended the attack surface to both law enforcement and citizens.
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Extracted Entities 6 found
Indicators of Compromise 5 extracted
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs 93 techniques
T1001 Data Obfuscation · Command And Control T1001.002 Steganography · Command And Control T1001.003 Protocol or Service Impersonation · Command And Control T1003 OS Credential Dumping · Credential Access T1012 Query Registry · Discovery T1018 Remote System Discovery · Discovery T1021 Remote Services · Lateral Movement T1021.001 Remote Desktop Protocol · Lateral Movement T1021.002 SMB/Windows Admin Shares · Lateral Movement T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information · Defense Evasion T1027.002 Software Packing · Defense Evasion T1036 Masquerading · Defense Evasion T1036.001 Invalid Code Signature · Defense Evasion T1036.005 Match Legitimate Name or Location · Defense Evasion T1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel · Exfiltration T1048 Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol · Exfiltration T1053 Scheduled Task/Job · Execution T1055 Process Injection · Defense Evasion T1055.001 Dynamic-link Library Injection · Defense Evasion T1056.001 Keylogging · Collection T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter · Execution T1059.001 PowerShell · Execution T1059.003 Windows Command Shell · Execution T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation · Privilege Escalation T1070.001 Clear Windows Event Logs · Defense Evasion T1070.002 Clear Linux or Mac System Logs · Defense Evasion T1070.003 Clear Command History · Defense Evasion T1070.004 File Deletion · Defense Evasion T1070.005 Network Share Connection Removal · Defense Evasion T1070.006 Timestomp · Defense Evasion T1071 Application Layer Protocol · Command And Control T1071.001 Web Protocols · Command And Control T1075 T1075 T1078 Valid Accounts · Defense Evasion T1078.003 Local Accounts · Defense Evasion T1081 T1081 T1082 System Information Discovery · Discovery T1083 File and Directory Discovery · Discovery T1090 Proxy · Command And Control T1090.001 Internal Proxy · Command And Control T1110 Brute Force · Credential Access T1114 Email Collection · Collection T1120 Peripheral Device Discovery · Discovery T1133 External Remote Services · Persistence T1134 Access Token Manipulation · Defense Evasion T1134.001 Token Impersonation/Theft · Defense Evasion T1204.002 Malicious File · Execution T1210 Exploitation of Remote Services · Lateral Movement T1548 Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism · Privilege Escalation T1548.002 Bypass User Account Control · Privilege Escalation T1555 Credentials from Password Stores · Credential Access T1566 Phishing · Initial Access T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment · Initial Access T1003.001 LSASS Memory · Credential Access T1057 Process Discovery · Discovery T1087.002 Domain Account · Discovery T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer · Command And Control T1124 System Time Discovery · Discovery T1558 Steal or Forge Kerberos Tickets · Credential Access T1033 System Owner/User Discovery · Discovery T1046 Network Service Discovery · Discovery T1071.003 Mail Protocols · Command And Control T1086 T1086 T1110.003 Password Spraying · Credential Access T1112 Modify Registry · Defense Evasion T1218.001 Compiled HTML File · Defense Evasion T1222 File and Directory Permissions Modification · Defense Evasion T1222.001 Windows File and Directory Permissions Modification · Defense Evasion T1482 Domain Trust Discovery · Discovery T1484.001 Group Policy Modification · Defense Evasion T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact · Impact T1489 Service Stop · Impact T1490 Inhibit System Recovery · Impact T1537 Transfer Data to Cloud Account · Exfiltration T1547.001 Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder · Persistence T1562.001 Disable or Modify Tools · Defense Evasion T1573.001 Symmetric Cryptography · Command And Control T1016 System Network Configuration Discovery · Discovery T1053.005 Scheduled Task · Execution T1056.003 Web Portal Capture · Collection T1071.004 DNS · Command And Control T1074.001 Local Data Staging · Collection T1080 Taint Shared Content · Lateral Movement T1090.004 Domain Fronting · Command And Control T1095 Non-Application Layer Protocol · Command And Control T1098.004 SSH Authorized Keys · Persistence T1113 Screen Capture · Collection T1485 Data Destruction · Impact T1496 Resource Hijacking · Impact T1557.001 LLMNR/NBT-NS Poisoning and SMB Relay · Credential Access T1647 Plist File Modification · Defense Evasion T1074 Data Staged · Collection T1085 T1085