Watering hole attacks on the media, governments and defense companies
The investigation focuses on spyware from the Israeli company Candiru. ESET exposes watering hole attacks on the media, governments and defense companies. The targets are the websites of the companies. The researchers at the European IT security manufacturer ESET have uncovered strategic attacks on the websites of the media, governments, Internet service providers and aviation and defense companies. According to current knowledge, the focus is on organizations in countries in the Middle East or with connections there. The affected countries are Iran, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Italy, Great Britain, South Africa and primarily Yemen. Targeting German websites Germany, too, was targeted by cyber spies: the attackers falsified ...