Russian state-sponsored hackers linked to the GRU have been targeting Western critical infrastructure for years, not with flashy zero-days, but by abusing misconfigured network edge devices to harvest credentials and persist inside victim systems.
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Amazon Threat Intelligence identifies Russian cyber threat group targeting Western critical infrastructure | Amazon Web Services
As we conclude 2025, Amazon Threat Intelligence is sharing insights about a years-long Russian state-sponsored campaign that represents a significant evolution in critical infrastructure targeting: a tactical pivot where what appear to be misconfigured customer network edge devices became the primary initial access vector, while vulnerability exploitation activity declined. This tactical adaptation enables the same […]


