Our friends at Sentinel Labs have provided a great report on Operation Soft Cell.
Summary
- In Q1 of 2023, Sentinel Labs observed the initial phases of attacks against telecommunication providers in the Middle East.
- We assess that this activity represents an evolution of tooling associated with Operation Soft Cell.
- While it is highly likely that the threat actor is a Chinese cyberespionage group in the nexus of Gallium and APT41, the exact grouping remains unclear.
- Sentinel Labs observed a well-m