Security News

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...

Asian company is the newest APT threat (Help Net Security)
2015-12-16 12:46

An unnamed South Asian software development consultancy that creates software for employee monitoring is also an APT player and, according to CloudSek CTO Rahul Sasi, it appears to be conducting wides...

Relentless Sofacy APT Attacks Armed With Zero Days, New Backdoors (Threatpost)
2015-12-04 12:05

Researchers at Kaspersky Lab release an update on the Sofacy gang, also known as APT28, explaining a set of new malware implants, backdoors and zero days at the group's disposal.