{"id":41497,"date":"2015-03-11T14:21:49","date_gmt":"2015-03-11T21:21:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.mcafee.com\/?p=41497"},"modified":"2025-06-06T01:17:34","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T08:17:34","slug":"targeted-attack-campaign-indian-organizations-continues-exploits-focused-national-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/other-blogs\/mcafee-labs\/targeted-attack-campaign-indian-organizations-continues-exploits-focused-national-events\/","title":{"rendered":"Attacks On Indian Organizations Continue – More Exploits Focused On Events"},"content":{"rendered":"

In November last year, McAfee Labs researchers reported about Operation Mangal, an ongoing targeted attack campaign against several Indian domestic and overseas organizations. We have actively tracked the campaign since last year. In our previous analysis\u00a0of this attack, we uncovered several exploits that were closely connected to India\u2019s developmental agenda. These exploits lure victims into opening malicious documents that compromise their machines and steal confidential data. We found that this targeted campaign has been going on since 2010 with periodic variations in the malware families.<\/p>\n

The recently appointed government and heightened activity on the domestic front has led to considerable interest from organizations and consumers. Since January this year, we have seen a steady flow of similar exploits as part of this campaign. These exploits continue to closely follow national events.<\/p>\n

Following are some recent exploit filenames or themes:<\/h2>\n