Suspected Chinese cyber spies targeted Serbian aviation agency

A suspected China-linked cyber-espionage campaign has targeted a Serbian government department overseeing aviation, as well as other European institutions, according to new research from the cybersecurity firm StrikeReady.

The campaign began in late September with phishing emails sent to a Serbian government office. Further analysis uncovered similar malicious activity in Hungary, Belgium, Italy and the Netherlands.

Victims who clicked on links in the phishing emails were redirected to fake Cloudflare verification pages — a tactic often used to make malicious sites appear legitimate before delivering malware.

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