Officials at Texas' City of Abilene have confirmed taking down certain systems following a cyberattack against its internal network initially discovered on Friday, according to The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.
'Elusive Comet' Attackers Use Zoom to Swindle Victims
The threat actor uses sophisticated social engineering techniques to infect a victim's device, either with an infostealer or remote access Trojan (RAT).
Cyberthreat groups increasingly see small and medium-sized businesses, especially those with links to larger businesses, as the weak link in the supply chain for software and IT services.
Can Cybersecurity Weather the Current Economic Chaos?
Cybersecurity firms tend to be more software- and service-oriented than their peers, and threats tend to increase during a downturn, leaving analysts hopeful that the industry will buck a recession.