Port of Houston hit by an APT attack

Summary:

In August 2021, the port of Houston (USA) experienced a attack on its computer network. The tried to exploited zero-day flaw, with means the flaw is not yet known to the software creator. The hacker, who appears to be a nation-state actor, had as goal to gain sensitive government information and disrupt/end the operations. By following the facilities security plan no operational data or systems were impacted.

Reference URL

https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/122599/hacking/port-of-houston-cyberattack.html
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/port-houston-target-suspected-nation-state-hack-rcna2249
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/09/23/politics/suspected-foreign-hack-houston/index.html
https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2021/11/08/threat-actor-dev-0322-exploiting-zoho-manageengine-adselfservice-plus/
https://www.govinfosecurity.com/us-warns-nation-state-groups-may-exploit-flaw-in-zoho-tool-a-17562