Security News

Pawn Storm APT targets members of Angela Merkel’s party (Help Net Security)
2016-05-13 18:29

Pawn Storm, one of the oldest APTs engaging in cyber espionage, has been spotted targeting members of the German Christian Democratic Union (CDU), the political party of German Chancellor Angela...

Platinum APT Group Abuses Windows Hotpatching (Threatpost)
2016-04-27 14:28

Microsoft disclosed details on the Platinum APT group and its arsenal of backdoors, keyloggers and its abuse of Windows hotpatching to load malicious code on compromised computers.

APT Targeting Tibetans Packs Four Vulnerabilities in One Compromise (Threatpost)
2016-04-19 11:00

Tibetans along with journalists and human rights workers in Hong Kong and Taiwan have been targeted in campaigns using phishing emails laced with Microsoft RTF attachments that exploit four...

FBI Quietly Admits to Multi-Year APT Attack, Sensitive Data Stolen (Threatpost)
2016-04-07 19:54

FBI owns up to state-sponsored hackers, known as APT6, who have infiltrated government systems for years pilfering sensitive data.

APT Attackers Flying More False Flags Than Ever (Threatpost)
2016-03-17 10:00

Investigators continue to focus on attack attribution, but Kaspersky researchers speaking at CanSecWest 2016 caution that attackers are manipulating data used to tie attacks to perpetrators.

OnionDog APT targets the infrastructure industry (Help Net Security)
2016-03-09 15:33

The Helios Team at 360 SkyEye Labs recently revealed that a group named OnionDog has been infiltrating and stealing information from the energy, transportation and other infrastructure industries...