Security News

Lazarus APT Spinoff Linked to Banking Hacks (Threatpost)
2017-04-03 20:38

The Lazarus Group has splintered off a group whose mission is to attack banks and steal money in order to fund its operations.

Russian-Speaking Turla Joins APT Elite (Threatpost)
2017-04-03 16:09

Researchers may have found a link between Moonlight Maze of the late ’90s and the Turla APT, which would elevate Turla to the ranks of the Equation Group as an elite nation-state attacker.

Nation States Distancing Themselves from APTs (Threatpost)
2017-02-14 15:42

Increasingly, governments are outsourcing state-sponsored attacks to mitigate risk and maximize intelligence.

Microsoft Says Russian APT Group Behind Zero-Day Attacks (Threatpost)
2016-11-01 21:50

Microsoft said Russian APT group Sofacy, which has ties to the country’s military intelligence operations, has been using Windows kernel and Adobe Flash zero day vulnerabilities in targeted attacks.

FruityArmor APT Group Used Recently Patched Windows Zero Day (Threatpost)
2016-10-20 11:00

The FruityArmor APT group was using one of the Windows zero days patched by Microsoft last week to escape sandboxes and carry out targeted attacks.

FruityArmor APT Group Used Windows Zero Day to Escape Sandboxes (Threatpost)
2016-10-19 11:00

The FruityArmor APT group was using one of the Windows zero days patched by Microsoft last week to escape sandboxes and carry out targeted attacks.

StrongPity APT Covets Secrets of Crypto Users (Threatpost)
2016-10-10 13:54

Kaspersky Lab researchers have uncovered the StrongPity APT, a group that uses watering hole attacks to infect machines of users seeking encryption technologies such as WinRAR and TrueCrypt.