Security News

Chinese APT Group Targets Mobile Networks: FireEye Mandiant
2019-11-04 18:48

New Malware 'Messagetap' Intercepts Communications for Espionage, Researchers SayThe Chinese advanced threat group APT41 is using a new espionage tool to intercept SMS messages from specific phone...

News Wrap: APTs, Office 365 Voicemail Phish and Bed Bath & Beyond Breach
2019-11-01 19:32

Threatpost editors discuss this week's biggest news - from a data breach of Bed Bath & Beyond, a tricky phishing attack and widespread APT activity.

Calypso APT Emerges from the Shadows to Target Governments
2019-10-31 18:55

Researchers believe the threat group is based in China.

Cybercriminals Impersonate Russian APT ‘Fancy Bear’ to Launch DDoS Attacks
2019-10-28 12:58

Attacks are targeting international companies in the financial sector, demanding that victims pay ransom in Bitcoin.

Turla Compromises, Infiltrates Iranian APT Infrastructure
2019-10-21 17:52

The Russian-speaking APT stole the Neuron and Nautilus implants and accessed the Iranian APT's C2 infrastructure.

Russian Hackers Coopted Iranian APT Group's Infrastructure
2019-10-21 14:48

UK and US Intelligence Agencies Report That Turla Group Seized OilRig APT AssetsTurla, an advanced persistent threat group with apparent ties to Russia, seized attack infrastructure and tools used...

Details of the Olympic Destroyer APT
2019-10-21 11:23

Interesting details on Olympic Destroyer, the nation-state cyberattack against the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in South Korea. Wired's Andy Greenberg presents evidence that the perpetrator was...

NSA: Multiple State-Sponsored APTs Exploiting Enterprise VPN Flaws
2019-10-09 12:07

After the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) issued an alert, the National Security Agency (NSA) in the United States has also warned organizations that multiple state-sponsored threat...

APT Groups Exploiting Flaws in Unpatched VPNs, Officials Warn
2019-10-08 12:44

U.S. and U.K. agencies warn consumers to update technologies from Fortinet, Pulse Secure and Palo Alto Networks to mitigate attacks that are likely coming from China

APTs Exploiting Enterprise VPN Vulnerabilities, UK Govt Warns
2019-10-04 18:12

Advanced persistent threat (APT) actors have been exploiting recently disclosed vulnerabilities affecting enterprise VPN products from Fortinet, Palo Alto Networks and Pulse Secure, the UK’s...