Several state-sponsored actors, hacktivist entities, and criminal groups from China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia have trained their sights on the defense industrial base (DIB) sector, according to findings from Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG).
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Microsoft says China-backed cybercriminals hacked into US nuclear weapons agency
“The early exploitation resembled government-sponsored activity, and then spread more widely to include hacking that ‘looks like China’,” Meyers told Bloomberg News. CrowdStrike’s investigation into the campaign remains ongoing.
Iranian Hackers Deploy New BugSleep Backdoor in Middle East Cyber Attacks
“These compromised accounts serve as valuable resources, enabling the group to enhance the credibility and effectiveness of their spear-phishing efforts, establish persistence within targeted organizations, and evade detection by blending in with legitimate network traffic.”