Researchers suggest Gorgon Group behind hacking spree that abused Bit.ly and Blogspot functionalities
A hacking campaign that targeted victims around the world used Blogspot, Pastebin and the link-shortening service Bit.ly to carry out its attacks, according to research published Wednesday by the security vendor Palo Alto Networks. Palo Alto’s Unit 42 research group in March uncovered what it has called the Aggah campaign, a digital crime spree focused on organizations in the U.S., Middle East, Europe and throughout Asia. The group distributes malicious macro-enabled documents which rely on Blogspot posts and multiple Pastebin posts for a command-and-control infrastructure. Researchers suggested the hacking campaign originated with the Gorgon Group, a collective that’s carried out a string of attacks from Pakistan over the past year, though Unit 42 said it’s too soon to directly attribute the Gorgon Group with any level of certainty. “Unfortunately, our current data set does not afford insight into the attackers’ motivation other than to compromise a large number of victims,” […]
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