Cyber Espionage Group Targets Aviation Firms to Steal Map Data
The campaign quietly compromises aerospace and drone operators to exfiltrate GIS files, terrain models, and GPS data and gain a clear picture of adversaries' world view.
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The campaign quietly compromises aerospace and drone operators to exfiltrate GIS files, terrain models, and GPS data and gain a clear picture of adversaries' world view.
Researchers say Israel remains a central focus, with UNC1549 targeting aerospace and defense entities in the US, the UAE, Qatar, Spain, and Saudi Arabia.
Companies critical to the aviation and aerospace supply chains didn't patch a known CVE, providing opportunity for foreign espionage.
The group seeks out aerospace professionals by impersonating job recruiters — a demographic it has targeted in the past as well — then deploys the SlugResin backdoor malware.
The Andariel group is targeting critical defense, aerospace, nuclear, and engineering companies for data theft, the FBI, NSA, and others said.
Targeting India's government, defense, and aerospace sectors, the cyber-threat group now attacks Linux as well as Windows in its quest to compromise the Indian military's homegrown MayaOS Linux systems.
The purchase would have given Airbus more capabilities to address rising cyber threats in the aviation and aerospace industry.
UNC1549, aka Smoke Sandstorm and Tortoiseshell, appears to be the culprit behind a cyberattack campaign customized for each targeted organization.
One of the world's largest aerospace companies is eyeing a cybersecurity upgrade.
Aeroblade flew under the radar, slicing through detection checks on a quest to steal sensitive commercial data.
Investment bolsters Shift5’s traction within commercial aerospace and defense industries.
FPGAs can be part of physical systems in the aerospace, medical, or industrial fields, so a security compromise can be potentially serious.