TwoSail Junk
Also known as Operation Poisoned News
TwoSail Junk directs visitors to its exploit site by posting links within the threads of forum discussions, or creating new topic threads of their own. To date, dozens of visits were recorded from within Hong Kong, with a couple from Macau. The technical details around the functionality of the iOS implant, called LightSpy, and related infrastructure, reveal a low-to-mid capable actor. However, the iOS implant is a modular and exhaustively functional iOS surveillance framework.
CVEs in recent coverage
No CVEs named alongside this actor in the last 90 days.
Recent victims
No leak-site posts on record for this group.
Recent activity
No posts or advisories have named this actor recently.
References
- https://securelist.com/ios-exploit-chain-deploys-lightspy-malware/96407/
- https://securelist.com/apt-annual-review-what-the-worlds-threat-actors-got-up-to-in-2020/99574/
- https://www.redpacketsecurity.com/operation-poisoned-news-hong-kong-users-targeted-with-mobile-malware-via-local-news-links/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=operation-poisoned-news-hong-kong-users-targeted-with-mobile-malware-via-local-news-links
From the MISP threat-actor galaxy, MITRE ATT&CK and RansomLook (CC BY 4.0). Activity is any post or advisory Watch Floor collected that names the actor or one of its aliases.