The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) stated it identified a sophisticated cyber espionage operation targeting critical infrastructure of U.S. and global entities through exploitation of Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) and end-of-life (EOL) networking devices running an unpatched flaw in Cisco Smart Install (SMI).
The campaign, attributed to the Russian Federal Security Service’s (FSB) Center 16 unit, demonstrates advanced persistent threat capabilities focusing on long-term intelligence collection operations.
