New Delhi: A suspected Pakistani group has started modern phishing attacks on India’s sensitive infrastructures such as power, telecom and finance, according to a leading cybersecurity firm.
Pentapostagma reported that a cybersecurity consultant of Quick Heal Technologies said that a suspected Pakistani group has started a wave of sophisticated phishing attacks targeting India’s crucial infrastructure such as power and telecom.
As per the security consultant, the initial intrusion chain begins with a spear-phishing email — an email that is designed to get the user to install a virus, trojan or other malware.
Often, the emails pretend to be from government agencies, and also come attached with a fake document — such as an IT return — and urges the user to download and open it, reported Pentapostagma.
The firm found that the hackers would create fake websites that people working in the targeted organization would generally access.