The Cabinet Division has warned of a targeted phishing attempt targeting Pakistani officials in a security advice sent to all government divisions in anticipation of possible Indian cyberattacks.
According to the advice, a sophisticated cyberthreat has been connected to “SideWinder,” an Indian threat actor that has been operating in the area for many years.
Additionally, the advicery outlines that, to gain access to official communication networks, phishing emails are used. For the purpose to obtain unauthorized access to networks and to fool receivers, the attackers pretend to be important Pakistani organizations.
The ad is primarily intended for people who work for different state institutions.
Furthermore, it is said that SideWinder is supposedly behind such cyber operations and a larger number of threats. SideWinder is a known Indian-affiliated outfit that has carried out similar espionage activities in South Asia in the past.
The strategy of SideWinder mainly depends on social engineering and misleading email strategies. This makes it more difficult to identify and stop attacks.
The advice suggests putting technical measures in place right once to combat these threats, such as spam filters, malware detection systems, and email filtering software. In the effort to find any sort of suspicious activity right away, preventive email server monitoring and constant security audits are needed.
According to the advice, it is very crucial to educate all government agencies on how to find phishing efforts and understand the dangers of social engineering assaults.
In order to lessen vulnerabilities and secure the nation’s entire digital security foundation, building the resilience of staff in order to reduce vulnerabilities and fortify the nation’s entire digital security infrastructure.
To fight Indian cyberattacks, cyber hygiene is emphasized.
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