ICS and OT threat predictions for 2024

Kaspersky experts make their predictions about ICS and OT threats: specifically, ransomware and hacktivist attacks, threats to logistics and transportation, etc. Continue reading ICS and OT threat predictions for 2024

IT threat evolution Q3 2023

Attacks on a critical infrastructure target in South Africa, supply-chain attack on Linux machines, Telegram doppelganger used to target people in China. Continue reading IT threat evolution Q3 2023

Updated MATA attacks industrial companies in Eastern Europe

In early September 2022, we discovered several new malware samples belonging to the MATA cluster. The campaign had been launched in mid-August 2022 and targeted over a dozen corporations in Eastern Europe from the oil and gas sector and defense industry. Continue reading Updated MATA attacks industrial companies in Eastern Europe

Focus on DroxiDat/SystemBC

An unknown actor targeted an electric utility in southern Africa with Cobalt Strike beacons and DroxiDat, a new variant of the SystemBC payload. We speculate that this incident was in the initial stages of a ransomware attack. Continue reading Focus on DroxiDat/SystemBC

Common TTPs of attacks against industrial organizations

In 2022 we investigated a series of attacks against industrial organizations in Eastern Europe. In the campaigns, the attackers aimed to establish a permanent channel for data exfiltration, including data stored on air-gapped systems. Continue reading Common TTPs of attacks against industrial organizations