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GreyEnergy Spy APT Mounts Sophisticated Effort Against Critical Infrastructure
2018-10-18 15:08

The group is a successor to BlackEnergy and a subset of the TeleBots gang--and its activity is potentially a prelude to a much more destructive attack.

FruityArmor APT Exploits Yet Another Windows Graphics Kernel Flaw
2018-10-10 21:52

This is the second local privilege-escalation zero-day this APT group has exploited.

October 2018 Patch Tuesday: Microsoft fixes 49 flaws, one APT-wielded zero-day
2018-10-10 09:24

With the October 2018 Patch Tuesday release Microsoft has fixed 49 vulnerabilities, 12 of which are rated “critical.” Previously known flaws and an actively exploited zero-day The only zero-day in...

Microsoft Patches Zero-Day Under Active Attack by APT
2018-10-09 21:24

A zero-day vulnerability tied to the Window’s Win32k component is under active attack, warns Microsoft.

Virus Bulletin 2018: Turla APT Changes Shape with New Code and Targets
2018-10-04 19:14

Russian-speaking Turla has also racked up more victims in its latest APT campaign.

APTs are targeting IT service providers
2018-10-04 11:25

Managed service providers (MSPs) and cloud service providers (CSPs) are under attack by advanced persistent threat (APT) groups, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security warns. “MSPs provide...

'Desperate' North Korea turns to APTs for cash
2018-10-03 12:06

State-sponsored hacking meets financial acquisition with APT38 A new state-sponsored attack from North Korea is being seen as an effort by the cash-strapped dictatorship to raise funds by...

NOKKI Malware Sports Mysterious Link to Reaper APT Group
2018-10-02 19:23

The relationship between the malware and the APT group remains somewhat murky.

OilRig APT Continues Its Ongoing Malware Evolution
2018-09-13 21:19

The Iran-linked APT appears to be in a state of continuous tool development, analogous to the DevOps efforts seen in the legitimate software world.

Researchers Draw Connections Between APTs
2018-08-31 12:34

A newly discovered threat group shares similarities with three advanced persistent threats (APTs), Trend Micro security researchers have discovered. read more