Politically Motivated Cyberattackers Adopt New Tactics

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Publicated : 22/11/2024   Category : security


Politically Motivated Cyberattackers Adopt New Tactics


Organized cybergroups from China, Syria, and Russia are finding new ways to breach enterprises, CrowdStrike reports.



Organized and politically motivated cyberattackers are changing their methods, finding new, less direct methods of launching targeted attacks on enterprises and government agencies, according to a report issued Tuesday.
The
report
by threat intelligence company CrowdStrike offers a detailed look at the motivations, methods, and practices of five organized cyberattack groups -- including the Syrian Electronic Army as well as groups in China, Iran, and Russia -- during 2013.
The methods of these politically motivated groups are changing, according to the report. While targeted attacks historically have begun with phishing attacks directly on members of the targeted organization, more sophisticated groups are using more indirect methods -- attacking third parties and collecting information from targeted users by infecting their favorite websites.
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