Critical infrastructure faces mounting threats from nation-state groups and AI-driven attacks. In the latest installment of our Cybersecurity Awareness Month blog series, learn how leading cybersecurity agencies, such as CISA, are advising critical infrastructure organizations on ways to protect themselves and the essential services they provide. Key takeaways Critical infrastructure organizations often struggle with asset visibility gaps that create hidden attack vectors. Many older OT systems…
Russian-aligned hackers have targeted Ukrainian transportation, manufacturing and energy companies with a constantly evolving malware strain designed to harvest system data, according to new research.
Introduction The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)—hereafter referred to as the “authoring agencies”—have published this fact sheet to highlight considerations for critical infrastructure entities to reduce risk and minimize vulnerabilities when working with third-party industrial control system (ICS) integrators. ICS is an umbrella term referring to integrated networks of hardware and software designed to monitor and automate…
For the latest discoveries in cyber research for the week of 21st Setpember, please download our Threat Intelligence Bulletin. TOP ATTACKS AND BREACHES Japan’s Digital Agency, which operates the Government Solution Service used by multiple ministries, has confirmed a data breach after attackers exploited a vulnerability in a VPN appliance. Approximately 246,000 records were exposed, including names and contact details belonging to government officials and contractors, while financial…
In a report published Tuesday, Kaspersky said it first discovered NodeRabbit on a system in Afghanistan and later identified variants on systems in Egypt and Ethiopia.
While monitoring Mirage Kitten activity, we uncovered a previously undocumented malware family that we dubbed NodeRabbit. We identified the first sample on a system in Afghanistan. Further threat hunting revealed two additional, more advanced, variants: one on a system in Egypt and another on a system in Ethiopia. NodeRabbit is a cross-platform remote access trojan (RAT) built with Node.js. It targets Windows, Linux, and macOS. Its operators deliver it through spear-phishing messages on…