Security News

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.

The Ethics and Morality Behind APT Reports (Threatpost)
2016-10-07 15:00

Investigating state-sponsored espionage and counterterrorism is one thing. Writing public reports about these activities is another.

Juan Andres Guerrero-Saade and Brian Bartholomew on APT False Flags and Attribution (Threatpost)
2016-10-06 13:00

Mike Mimoso talks to Kaspersky Lab Global Research and Analysis Team researchers Juan Andres Guerrero-Saade and Brian Bartholomew about a paper released at Virus Bulletin on deception tactics and...

Sofacy APT Targeting OS X Machines with Komplex Trojan (Threatpost)
2016-09-26 21:19

APT gang Sofacy is targeting Mac OS X users with a Trojan that allows an attacker to execute remote commands on infected systems.