Known targets of NetTraveler include Tibetan/Uyghur activists, oil industry companies, scientific research centers and institutes, universities, private companies, private. companies, governments and governmental institutions, embassies and military contractors. In addition to the spearphishing e-mails, watering hole attacks have become another popular method to attack unsuspecting victims by the APT operators. The usage of the Java exploit for CVE-2013-2465 coupled with watering hole. attacks is new, previously unseen development for the NetTravelers group, which has a higher success rate than mailing CVE-2012-0158.”]
Source: https://securelist.com/nettraveler-is-back-the-red-star-apt-returns-with-new-tricks/57455/