Security News

Google Play Boots Three Malicious Apps From Marketplace Tied to APTs
2018-04-16 15:01

Researchers said three apps used to surveil Middle East targets were booted from the Google Play marketplace.

A Closer Look at APT Group Sofacy’s Latest Targets
2018-03-23 15:52

Threatpost talks to Kaspersky Lab researcher Kurt Baumgartner who was instrumental in tracking the latest activities of the Russian-speaking Sofacy APT gang.

APT Hackers Infect Routers to Covertly Implant Slingshot Spying Malware
2018-03-09 21:18

Security researchers at Kaspersky have identified a sophisticated APT hacking group that has been operating since at least 2012 without being noticed due to their complex and clever hacking...

Sofacy APT Adopts New Tactics and Far East Targets
2018-03-09 17:11

CANCUN, Mexico – A new analysis of the Russian-speaking Sofacy APT gang shows a continual march toward Far East targets and overlapping of activities with other groups such as Lamberts, Turla and...

Lookout: Dark Caracal Points To APT Actors Moving To Mobile Targets
2018-03-08 16:59

Lookout researchers discussed Dark Caracal's implications for APT actors in the mobile space and why its now a juicy target.

Kaspersky Lab Says It Spotted APT Code, Quickly Deleted It
2017-10-25 12:48

Firm Confirms Its AV Software Detected Equation Group Source Code on Home PCAnti-virus vendor Kaspersky Lab says that an internal probe has confirmed that in 2014 a PC running its anti-virus...

DHS Alert on Dragonfly APT Contains IOCs, Rules Likely to Trigger False Positives
2017-10-23 14:52

A joint Technical Alert, TA17–293A, describing the activities of a Russian APT may contain signatures and rules likely to trigger false positives in some security systems.

DHS, FBI Warn of Ongoing APT Attack Against Critical Infrastructure
2017-10-23 13:58

The Department of Homeland Security and Federal Bureau of Investigation have issued a joint technical alert warning that government entities and organizations in the energy, nuclear, water,...

Adobe Patches Flash Zero Day Exploited by Black Oasis APT
2017-10-16 15:46

Adobe today released an out-of-band Flash Player update addressing a zero-day vulnerability being exploited by a little-known Middle Eastern APT group called Black Oasis.

Costin Raiu and Juan Andres Guerrero-Saade on APT Fourth-Party Collection
2017-10-04 15:00

Costin Raiu and Juan Andres Guerrero-Saade talk to Mike Mimoso live from Virus Bulletin in Madrid about APTs leveraging one anothers' attacks and compromised machines as their own.