---
id: 6305
title: "Open Directories Expose Publicly Available Tools Targeting Asian Organizations"
source_domain: hunt.io
source_url: "https://hunt.io/blog/open-directories-expose-publicly-available-tools-targeting-asian-organizations"
published_at: "2024-06-18T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["nmap", "open-directories", "sqlmap", "taiwan", "blueshell", "government-targets"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/6305"
lang: en
---

# Open Directories Expose Publicly Available Tools Targeting Asian Organizations

## Summary

An exposed server used Nmap, SQLMap and the BlueShell backdoor against Taiwan's Freeway Bureau and a local data center, as Hunt traced open-directory traces of attacks on Asian government targets.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** hunt.io
- **Published:** 2024-06-18T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://hunt.io/blog/open-directories-expose-publicly-available-tools-targeting-asian-organizations
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/6305