---
id: 6216
title: "Operation SouthNet: SideWinder Targets South Asia Maritime"
source_domain: hunt.io
source_url: "https://hunt.io/blog/operation-southnet-sidewinder-south-asia-maritime-phishing"
published_at: "2025-10-01T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["threat-intelligence", "phishing", "apt", "maritime", "sidewinder", "south-asia"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/6216"
lang: en
---

# Operation SouthNet: SideWinder Targets South Asia Maritime

## Summary

Operation SouthNet: SideWinder shifted focus to South Asia's maritime sector, staging 50+ credential-harvesting domains on free hosting platforms and reusing legacy C2 across Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** hunt.io
- **Published:** 2025-10-01T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://hunt.io/blog/operation-southnet-sidewinder-south-asia-maritime-phishing
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/6216