Through the Cortex XDR Lens: Uncovering a New Activity Group Targeting Governments in the Middle East and Africa

The Cortex Threat Research team has recently identified multiple espionage attacks targeting governmental entities in the Middle East and Africa. According to our findings, the main goal of the attacks was to obtain highly confidential and sensitive information, specifically related to politicians, military activities, and ministries of foreign affairs.

The attacks, which happened around the same time frame, shared several very unique similarities in t...