Kazakhstan to audit foreign ministry after suspected Russia-linked cyberattack

Researchers attribute a long-running cyberespionage campaign to UAC-0063 — potentially linked to Russian APT28 — that targeted diplomatic and related entities across Central Asia, including Kazakhstan's Foreign Ministry, using CherrySpy and Hatvibe malware to deliver backdoors and fetch further payloads; Kazakhstan has launched an audit following publication of the findings, while attribution remains officially unconfirmed.