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Watering hole is a computer attack strategy in which an attacker guesses or observes which websites an organization often uses and infects one or more of them with malware. Eventually, some member of the targeted group will become infected. [1] [2] [3] Hacks looking for specific information may only attack users coming from a specific IP address.
The best-known and legitimate form of government hacking is the watering hole attack, in which the government takes control of a criminal-activity site and distributes a virus to computers that access the site. The malware can be installed through a link clicked by a user or through access to a site.
Those companies then become a cyber "stepping stone" to gain access to the major defense contractors. One attack procedure used by Elderwood is to infect legitimate websites frequented by employees of the target company – a so-called "water hole" attack, just as lions stake out a watering hole for their prey.
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The attack was one of three on small towns in the rural Texas Panhandle. “There were 37,000 attempts in four days to log into our firewall,” said Mike Cypert, city manager of Hale Center ...
Cyberattacks are hitting water and wastewater systems “throughout the United States” and state governments and water facilities must improve their defenses against the threat, the White House ...
Havex infected systems via watering hole attacks redirecting users to malicious websites. [1] Corrupted websites in this campaign used the LightsOut and Hello exploit kits to infect systems with the Havex and Karagany trojans. [10] The LightsOut exploit kit abused Java and browser vulnerabilities to deliver the Havex and Karagany payloads. [10]
By Raphael Satter. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. government is warning state governors that foreign hackers are carrying out disruptive cyberattacks against water and sewage systems throughout ...