Researchers have uncovered a new cyber-espionage threat, dubbed Slingshot, that targets routers and uses them as a springboard to attack computers within a network. Kaspersky Lab said that the campaign has successfully targeted at least 100 victims in the Middle East and Africa from at least 2012 until February 2018. The threat is effective at stealthily gathering data, hiding traffic in data packets that can intercept without being traced by communications, researchers said. The complexity of the threat could mean that it is the group behind it is highly organized and potentially state sponsored.
Source: https://threatpost.com/cyber-espionage-campaign-slingshot-targets-victims-via-routers/130348/