Amazon has dubbed this practice “cyber-enabled kinetic targeting.” Threat actors with connections to Iran used cyberwarfare as a means of enabling and strengthening physical, real-world strikes.
According to a research published with The Hacker News by the tech giant’s threat intelligence team, the development indicates that the distinction between kinetic combat and state-sponsored cyberattacks is becoming more hazy, requiring the creation of a new category of warfare.
According to CJ Moses, CISO of Amazon Integrated Security, nation-state threat actors are using cyber reconnaissance to enable kinetic targeting, despite the fact that traditional cybersecurity frameworks have treated digital and physical threats as distinct domains.
These are organized campaigns where digital operations are intentionally created to serve physical military objectives read more about Iran-Linked Hackers Mapped Ship AIS Data Days Before Real-World Missile Strike Attempt.
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