Platinum feature article - Targeted attacks in South and Southeast Asia April 2016.pdf

**Executive summary:** Microsoft describes PLATINUM, a well-resourced targeted activity group active since at least 2009 that performs spear-phishing and drive-by attacks against government, defense, intelligence and telecom targets in South and Southeast Asia, using multiple zero-day exploits and custom backdoors (Dipsind, JPIN, adbupd), sophisticated persistence and stealth techniques (hot-patching, port-knocking), with detailed indicators and mitigation guidance.