OilRig: Hacker group attacks Israeli organizations
The hacking group OilRig, with suspected ties to Iran, has been targeting Israeli manufacturing companies, local government organizations and the healthcare industry for over a year. Researchers at IT security manufacturer ESET have uncovered a campaign by the APT group “OilRig” (also known as APT34, Lyceum, Crambus or Siamesekitten), which has been attacking local government organizations, manufacturing companies and also the healthcare sector in Israel since 2022. OilRig uses legitimate cloud service providers for data exfiltration The criminals, who are believed to be from Iran, are trying to penetrate the networks of Israeli organizations and find and exfiltrate sensitive data. To achieve this, OilRig is using a variety of new...