Satellite Today | By: Jeffery Hill | GPE – November 12, 2017:

Recent trends in malicious cybersecurity activity show that hackers are becoming much more adept at breaching networks using acquired “legitimate” credentials (such as outdated test login accounts to Virtual Private Networks, VPNs) and “blending in” with normal network behavior, according to FBI Cyber Division Senior Intelligence Analyst Kristen Lane.

Originally published November 08, 2017: Speaking at Via Satellite’s Cybersat Summit in Tyson’s Corner, Virginia, Lane told attendees that the agency has identified satellite and aerospace networks as part of a “critical assets” category that is increasingly being targeted by cyberattacks.

The agency has also noticed a shift in how malicious actors behave on infiltrated critical asset networks…

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