Security News > 2021 > January > Hezbollah hackers attack unpatched Atlassian servers at telcos, ISPs
Volatile Cedar, an advanced hacker group believed to be connected to the Lebanese Hezbollah Cyber Unit, has been silently attacking companies around the world in espionage operations.
Using common web shell utilities as the main hacking tool and rarely relying on other tools, which hindered attribution.
ClearSky warns that the Oracle servers accessed by Lebanese Cedar are still open and are easy targets for other hackers looking to attack the networks of multiple telecom providers or gain access to the files available.
The researchers say that Lebanese Cedar combines open-source tools with custom ones, their current toolset including a full blown web shell, a custom RAT, and "Carefully selected complementary tools, including URI brute force tools."
The clever selection of tools, tactics, and attack vectors allows them to pass unnoticed.
The company's report provides complete technical details about the attacks investigated and indicators of compromise that include some of the original servers used by the hackers.
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