CISA and NCSC Publish Advisory on APT Groups Targeting Healthcare and Essential Services
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the U.K. National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) have released a joint advisory that highlights ongoing activity by APT groups against organizations involved in both national and international COVID-19 responses. It describes some of the methods these actors are using to target organizations and provides mitigation advice.
The joint NCSC/CISA advisory from 8 April 2020 previously detailed the exploitation of the COVID-19 pandemic by cyber criminals and APT groups. The new joint NCSC/CISA advisory provides an update to ongoing malicious cyber activity relating to coronavirus.