Transparent Tribe Targets Indian Govt With Weaponized Desktop Shortcuts via Phishing

Published on August 25, 2025

The advanced persistent threat (APT) actor known as Transparent Tribe has been observed targeting both Windows and BOSS (Bharat Operating System Solutions) Linux systems with malicious Desktop shortcut files in attacks targeting Indian Government entities. "Initial access is achieved through spear-phishing emails," CYFIRMA said. "Linux BOSS environments are targeted via weaponized .desktop

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