BackdoorDiplomacy is a threat group. Public reporting links it to 13 attack techniques, and to attacks on government and telecomms organisations, with 12 countries and victims named. This free profile shows how it works and who it targets, so you can judge the risk to you.
BackdoorDiplomacy has 3 other names in security research. Below is what published reporting says about it, with a link to every report so you can check the detail yourself.
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What public reporting says
An APT group that we are calling BackdoorDiplomacy, due to the main vertical of its victims, has been targeting Ministries of Foreign Affairs and telecommunication companies in Africa and the Middle East since at least 2017.
Public reports about BackdoorDiplomacy (1)
Each technique is a known way attackers research, get in, stay hidden or do damage. Here are the 13 linked to BackdoorDiplomacy, laid out from first look to final blow. Some techniques belong to more than one stage. Pick a stage to see them. Public reporting also lists 8 more specific variations of them, called sub-techniques.
Disguising what they are doing so it blends in with normal activity.
The sectors and places named in public reporting about this group. If yours is on the list, it is worth knowing how they work and which flaws they use.
Countries and victims named (12)
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BackdoorDiplomacy is a threat group. Public reporting links it to 13 attack techniques, and to attacks on government and telecomms organisations, with 12 countries and victims named.
In public reporting, sectors named include government and telecomms, and 12 countries and victims are named, including Libya, Namibia, Sudan and Albania.
Public reporting links BackdoorDiplomacy to 13 attack techniques. Most of them are about hiding, looking around and keeping contact with their servers.
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