hacker-news Jul 11, 2026 · Crawled Jul 11, 2026

Hackers Weaponize Balochistan Police Portal in Multi-Group Espionage Campaigns

5 IoCs 2 Actors 4 Malware

AI Summary

Cyber espionage campaigns targeting Pakistani law enforcement agencies, including the Balochistan Police, have been conducted by suspected China- and India-aligned threat actors between February 2024 and April 2026. The attackers exploited web applications such as the Complaint Management System to deploy custom malware, including PlugX, ShadowPad, Cobalt Strike, and Remcos RAT. These operations targeted sensitive data including biometric records, criminal files, and personnel information, with infrastructure overlaps linking some activity to known threat groups like Mysterious Elephant. The compromise of public-facing portals extended the attack surface to both law enforcement and citizens.

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Extracted Entities 6 found

Malware PlugX → Malware ShadowPad → Malware Cobalt Strike → Threat Actor RAZOR TIGER → Malware Confucius → Threat Actor HAZY TIGER →

Indicators of Compromise 5 extracted

Type	Value	Detail
IP	142[.]171[.]183[.]8	Details →
IP	193[.]42[.]25[.]65	Details →
Domain	cms[.]balochistanpolice[.]gov[.]pk	Details →
Filename	cms_plugin.exe	Details →
Filename	360Safe.exe	Details →

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs 48 techniques

T1059.001 PowerShell · Execution T1003.001 LSASS Memory · Credential Access T1021.001 Remote Desktop Protocol · Lateral Movement T1055.001 Dynamic-link Library Injection · Defense Evasion T1071.001 Web Protocols · Command And Control T1078 Valid Accounts · Defense Evasion T1087.002 Domain Account · Discovery T1210 Exploitation of Remote Services · Lateral Movement T1558 Steal or Forge Kerberos Tickets · Credential Access T1566 Phishing · Initial Access T1003 OS Credential Dumping · Credential Access T1018 Remote System Discovery · Discovery T1021.002 SMB/Windows Admin Shares · Lateral Movement T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information · Defense Evasion T1033 System Owner/User Discovery · Discovery T1046 Network Service Discovery · Discovery T1048 Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol · Exfiltration T1053 Scheduled Task/Job · Execution T1055 Process Injection · Defense Evasion T1057 Process Discovery · Discovery T1059.003 Windows Command Shell · Execution T1070.001 Clear Windows Event Logs · Defense Evasion T1071.003 Mail Protocols · Command And Control T1082 System Information Discovery · Discovery T1083 File and Directory Discovery · Discovery T1086 T1086 T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer · Command And Control T1110 Brute Force · Credential Access T1110.003 Password Spraying · Credential Access T1112 Modify Registry · Defense Evasion T1133 External Remote Services · Persistence T1204.002 Malicious File · Execution T1218.001 Compiled HTML File · Defense Evasion T1222 File and Directory Permissions Modification · Defense Evasion T1222.001 Windows File and Directory Permissions Modification · Defense Evasion T1482 Domain Trust Discovery · Discovery T1484.001 Group Policy Modification · Defense Evasion T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact · Impact T1489 Service Stop · Impact T1490 Inhibit System Recovery · Impact T1537 Transfer Data to Cloud Account · Exfiltration T1547.001 Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder · Persistence T1562.001 Disable or Modify Tools · Defense Evasion T1573.001 Symmetric Cryptography · Command And Control T1053.005 Scheduled Task · Execution T1074 Data Staged · Collection T1085 T1085 T1114 Email Collection · Collection