Cyber attacks in future: Aviation bodies advised to take precautionary steps

ISLAMABAD: A global cybersecurity company on Thursday advised that the aviation organizations to take precautionary measures to avert any possibility of cyber attacks in future.

Kaspersky Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) has discovered a previously undocumented malware set used by Mirage Kitten APT. The malicious tools were used in a targeted campaign aimed at maintaining long-term access to victim networks and stealing sensitive data.

The company’s researchers have identified victims of this campaign across the Middle East and Africa, including organizations in Egypt, small and medium-sized businesses and government entities in Jordan and Tanzania, , telecommunications companies in Ethiopia and financial-sector entities in Burkina Faso.

“Based on our latest findings, we conclude that Mirage Kitten continues to evolve its malware arsenal in support of targeted cyber-espionage operations across the Middle East and Africa.

Another notable aspect of the campaign is the group’s continued reliance on tunneling utilities as part of its operational toolkit: in practice this enables attackers to bypass network controls, maintain covert access to compromised environments and significantly complicate detection efforts. Given the persistence and sophistication of these techniques, organizations and defenders should incorporate these findings into their threat assessments and strengthen their detection and response capabilities accordingly,” says Omar Amin, senior security researcher at Kaspersky GReAT.

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