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BlackBerry experts talked about the development of the "cybercrime as a service" scheme.
Modern cyberattacks are so well prepared that their methods are used by the authorities of some countries, BlackBerry said.
In their report, experts warn of the emergence of cybercrime-as-a-service schemes, thanks to which government hackers can work with third-party groups in the implementation of various kinds of campaigns. Such campaigns typically include phishing and malware injection into targeted networks.
As a result, hackers receive financial rewards, and the authorities of the customer country receive data of interest or access to hacked networks. Since hackers use their own infrastructure and methods to conduct a malicious campaign, it is extremely difficult to associate such an attack with a customer country.
“The sophistication, complexity and anonymity of the cybercrime as a service scheme allows the authorities of certain countries to hide behind contractors,” reads the BlackBerry report.
Researchers have noted a number of cyber operations of this order - for example, Bahamut. These attacks make it clear how technically sophisticated today's attacker campaigns have become. Recall that in Bahamut, criminals used social engineering, phishing, custom malware, and zero-day vulnerabilities.
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Modern cyberattacks are so well prepared that their methods are used by the authorities of some countries, BlackBerry said.
In their report, experts warn of the emergence of cybercrime-as-a-service schemes, thanks to which government hackers can work with third-party groups in the implementation of various kinds of campaigns. Such campaigns typically include phishing and malware injection into targeted networks.
As a result, hackers receive financial rewards, and the authorities of the customer country receive data of interest or access to hacked networks. Since hackers use their own infrastructure and methods to conduct a malicious campaign, it is extremely difficult to associate such an attack with a customer country.
“The sophistication, complexity and anonymity of the cybercrime as a service scheme allows the authorities of certain countries to hide behind contractors,” reads the BlackBerry report.
Researchers have noted a number of cyber operations of this order - for example, Bahamut. These attacks make it clear how technically sophisticated today's attacker campaigns have become. Recall that in Bahamut, criminals used social engineering, phishing, custom malware, and zero-day vulnerabilities.
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