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VAPOR PANDA AI-Driven ARTEX Global Espionage Campaign

VAPOR PANDA is using the ARTEX agentic AI framework and DeepSeek LLM to conduct simultaneous global espionage against foreign ministries and critical infrastructure sectors.

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ills3c Intel&Coffee@Ills3C2 days ago

3 intel reports

Russian intelligence services APT28 (GRU) and FSB Center 16 are systematically compromising SOHO and enterprise routers to build global proxy networks and conduct DNS hijacking for credential theft.

Russian FSB Center 16 (Static Tundra) targets critical infrastructure by exploiting weak SNMP configurations and legacy Cisco vulnerabilities to exfiltrate device configurations.

Russian FSB Center 16 and Static Tundra are actively exploiting the legacy Cisco Smart Install vulnerability (CVE-2018-0171) to extract device configurations and maintain persistence in critical infrastructure.