cybersecurity
Despite the low sophistication of the group’s toolset, it is a threat to governments in Europe because... a significant number of internet-facing applications are not regularly updated although they are known to contain vulnerabilities.”
Both blunt and more advanced social engineering approaches used for initial access; the group also has sophisticated hands-on-keyboards capabilities and a diverse toolset.
Concern at IAM vendor Okta's response mounts as BeyondTrust details concerns, Cloudflare calls for customers to press harder on "further information regarding potential impact to your organization"
"VPNs pose a threat to enterprise security. They create a path in the network perimeter and provide access to network resources after authentication..."
"In some cases, the actor may be restricted or detected by advanced defense-in-depth and zero trust implementations as well, but this has been a rare finding in assessments thus far"