Associations in the telecommunication sectors, higher education and labor in North America, Asia, Africa and Europe are most affected.
The US Federal Bureau (FBI) and Cisco reported that hackers associated with Russia’s cyberspiral units last year used the weakness of Cisco’s old software for attacks for thousands of network devices to ensure the operation of the US critical infrastructure, Reuters report.
According to CISCO, hackers operating in Russia’s 16th Center for the Federal Security Service (FSB) are widely collecting “information about adjusting devices, which can be used after depending on the current strategic goals and interests of the Russian government.”
The FBI said last year they met hackers who have collected the configuration files of “thousands of network devices related to American organizations in critical infrastructure sectors.”
It has been noted that in some cases, adjustment files have been modified to provide long -term access hackers, which they use for intelligence on target networks, in particular, paying special attention to industrial management systems.
CISCO added that hackers use seven -a weak weakness in Ciscoios software, aimed at unprotected and outdated network devices. Other state -supported hackers are probably conducting similar hacker operations aimed at these devices.
Associations in the telecommunication sectors, higher education and labor in North America, Asia, Africa and Europe are most affected. Moreover, as mentioned, “goals are selected based on their strategic interest for the Russian government.”
Earlier, the media wrote that for many years, the Russian Federation hackers had access to US courts and deliberately steal classified materials in spy cases, laundering money and the activities of foreign agents.
Keep in mind that the UK has been accused of Russian Military Intelligence (GRU) of CybersPenship using complex malware.
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