Turkish hackers Sea Turtle expand attacks to Dutch ISPs, telcos

January 8, 2024 at 03:46PM Sea Turtle, a Turkish state-backed cyber espionage group, has expanded its spying campaigns to the Netherlands, targeting telcos, media, ISPs, and Kurdish websites. Using DNS hijacking and traffic redirection, they conduct man-in-the-middle attacks to acquire economic and political intelligence aligned with Turkish interests. Analysts at Hunt & Hackett observed these … Read more

Sea Turtle Cyber Espionage Campaign Targets Dutch IT and Telecom Companies

January 6, 2024 at 03:33AM A cyber espionage campaign by the threat actor Sea Turtle targets telecommunication, media, internet service providers, and Kurdish websites in the Netherlands, collecting politically motivated information. Sea Turtle, documented in 2019, uses DNS hijacking and exploits known vulnerabilities, and was found to use a simple reverse TCP shell. Organizations are … Read more