Security1 hOctober 15, 2026, 20:55

Kazakhstan-linked hackers target governments across former Soviet states

A cyber-espionage group with suspected ties to Kazakhstan has run at least eight campaigns since January 2025 against government agencies in nine countries, including Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. The hackers are tracked as UAT-6275 by Cisco Talos and TAG-193 by Recorded Future.

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Kazakhstan-linked hackers target governments across former Soviet states

At least 8 campaigns since January 2025 against 9 countries
Focus on diplomacy, economy, energy and water resources
Attacks via phishing attachments and GitHub-hosted scripts
In April 2026 exploited WinRAR flaw CVE-2025-8088

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