Turla, a cyber-espionage group which many suspect is made up by Russian-speaking hackers has been accused of hijacking vulnerable commercial satellite communications by Kaspersky, using hidden receiving stations in Africa and the Middle East to mask attacks on Western military and governmental networks.
It was a new exquisite attack channel being used by the group that was virtually untraceable.The Turla hackers buy a satellite dish to intercept that traffic, rent a house in the area where those vulnerable satellites provide coverage, and also get a classic landline Internet connection.
It was a new exquisite attack channel being used by the group that was virtually untraceable.The Turla hackers buy a satellite dish to intercept that traffic, rent a house in the area where those vulnerable satellites provide coverage, and also get a classic landline Internet connection.