Method of infection: Water-holing
OSIRIS used a Social Engineering method called “water holing” to attack German IP addresses.Β
How does water holing attack work?
- Β The victim enters the infected website.
- The website checks if the target IP is German.
- If it’s a German IP – few evasion techniques are used to bypass EDR
- And then the virus connects to its command server through the Darknet
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Hackers Target Universities β Not Just For Money
π Universities Are High-Impact Targets β Not Just For Money
π¨ Attackers deface pages and leak records to expose perceived policy violations or to protest actions.
π Academic networks hold sensitive research, personal data, and fragmented systems that invite exploitation by attackers.
β οΈ Ideological groups sometimes use breaches to make public statements and pressure institutional leaders.
π₯ Some attacks include multi-year data dumps, causing reputational damage and regulatory exposure for schools.
π Attempts against higher education infrastructure have risen sharply, showing a global and persistent trend.
π‘οΈ Defenders must prioritize unified governance, visibility, and rapid incident response across all departments.
π Implement identity hygiene, segmentation, and rapid patching to reduce attack surface and lateral movement risk.
π§ͺ Run red team simulations and tabletop exercises to test readiness and public communication plans effectively.
π Monitor for spikes in submissions, unusual access patterns, and cross-departmental anomalies in logs to detect intrusions early.
π€ Coordinate with legal, PR, and academic leadership to prepare rapid, transparent responses that limit fallout.
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