Government websites are the main target of cyber attacks in South Africa - and the volleys are coming from foreign state-sponsored groups.
allowing anonymous unauthorised users access; andLazarus is notorious for executing spear-phishing campaigns aimed at accessing and stealing account credentials and financial data, as well as employing “living off the land” techniques, using file-less malware and legitimate system tools.
“What makes some of the tools used by threat actors so destructive is their trail obfuscation capabilities,” Bolzonello said. “They employ various techniques, such as hiding backdoors and manipulating time stamps, skilfully giving the impression that their malicious artifacts date back as far as ten years ago. This renders the analysis process exceedingly challenging for investigating teams.”
The government is also vulnerable to these, which was seen when the Department of Justice suffered such an attack in September 2021.
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