Targeting of Apple MacOS users
Date of report
  • Nov 2020
Affiliations

Vietnamese hackers sent phishing emails containing zip files disguised as Microsoft Word documents to install malware on computers running Apple’s MacOS.

Suspected victims
  • Apple MacOS users, likely foreign but working in Vietnam
Suspected state sponsor
  • Vietnam
Type of incident
  • Espionage
Target category
  • Civil society
  • Private sector
Victim government reaction
  • Unknown