Security News

Five-Year ‘Dust Storm’ APT Campaign Targets Japanese Critical Infrastructure (Threatpost)
2016-02-24 19:11

A five-year campaign focused on extracting sensitive information from Japanese oil, gas, and electric utilities through multiple backdoors was outlined by researchers on Wednesday.

APTs, Hospital Hacks, and More: Reflecting on SAS 2016 (Threatpost)
2016-02-16 16:55

Mike Mimoso and Chris Brook recap last week's Security Analyst Summit -- including lots of IoT and critical infrastructure talk, APTs like Metel and Poseidon, and more.

Poseidon APT Group Identified As First Portuguese-Speaking Campaign (Threatpost)
2016-02-09 09:30

Today at the Kaspersky Lab Security Analyst Summit, researchers disclosed details on the Poseidon APT group, a group of hackers who blackmail targets into a fake business relationship where they...

Metel Bank Robbers Borrowing from APT Attacks (Threatpost)
2016-02-08 12:20

At the Security Analyst Summit, Kaspersky Lab researchers unveiled three cybercrime outfits—Metel, GCMAN, and Carbanak 2.0—targeting Russian banks with APT-style tactics.

BlackEnergy APT Group Spreading Malware via Tainted Word Docs (Threatpost)
2016-01-28 12:00

Attackers have begun using rigged Microsoft Word documents propagated via spearphishing emails to spread the BlackEnergy Trojan.

BlackEnergy APT is back, deleting files and killing computer systems (Help Net Security)
2016-01-04 15:55

The BlackEnergy APT - or SandWorm group, as some researchers call it - has been active since 2007 (at least). Its past exploits include cyber-espionage campaigns targeting NATO, the European Union...