Security News > 2020 > July > Cyber-Espionage Group StrongPity Focuses on Kurdish Community
Recent attacks associated with the threat actor known as StrongPity appear to focus on the Kurdish community in Turkey and Syria, Bitdefender security researchers say.
Despite the publishing of several reports detailing its activities, the threat actor remains active and continues to target victims in various regions, including Colombia, India, Canada and Vietnam, Cisco Talos reveals.
Since late 2019, Bitdefender has observed numerous attacks focusing on victims in Istanbul and close to the Syrian border, which led to the assumption that the Kurdish community is being targeted.
StrongPity has been observed targeting victims in the region before.
"While there is no direct forensic evidence suggesting that the StrongPity APT group operated in support of Turkish military operations, the victim's profile coupled with the timestamps on the analyzed samples make for an interesting coincidence," Bitdefender cybersecurity analyst Liviu Arsene points out.