Earlier this month, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a warning to the public and private sectors as well as the international community. The reason for the warning is a new cybersecurity threat to computer networks associated with critical infrastructure. As the FBI wrote in its public service announcement, the agency “detected Russian FSB cyber actors exploiting Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) and end-of-life networking devices running an unpatched vulnerability (CVE-2018-0171) in Cisco Smart Install (SMI) to broadly target entities in the United States and globally.” What else is there to know about this threat? Let’s dive in.
What to Know About Berserk Bear
The actors behind this threat detected by the FBI are known as “Berserk Bear” and “Dragonfly.” According to the announcement, they have been attacking networks for more than a decade. However, Cisco reports that their activities have significantly increased since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022. This is because “Berserk Bear” is connected to the Russian state-sponsored cyber espionage group known as Static Tundra.
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