Security News

Darkhotel APT Latest to Use Hacking Team Zero Day (Threatpost)
2015-08-10 15:19

The Darkhotel APT gang has extended its geographic reach to victims in a host of additional countries, and has added to its cache of zero days with its use of a HackingTeam exploit for a Flash...

APT Group Gets Selective About Data it Steals (Threatpost)
2015-08-05 19:00

Dell SecureWorks researchers today at Black Hat released a new report on Emissary Panda, or TG-3390, a China-sponsored APT gang that has refined the types of data it covets.

Chinese APTs use commercial VPN to hide their attack activity (Help Net Security)
2015-08-04 16:34

A number of APT actors believed to be of Chinese origin are using a commercial VPN service to anonymize and obfuscate their attack activity. Dubbed Terracotta, the VPN service is marketed mostly to...

Researchers Uncover ‘Terracotta’ Chinese VPN Service Used by APT Crews for Cover (Threatpost)
2015-08-04 12:00

Building a business can be expensive and time-consuming, and owners will look for ways to save money wherever they can. Researchers from RSA Security have found a VPN provider in China that is...

Office, Java Patches Erase Latest APT 28 Zero Days (Threatpost)
2015-07-16 17:46

iSight Partners provides details on an Office zero day patched this week that was used by the prolific APT 28 gang.

Duke APT group adds low-profile SeaDuke Trojan to their malware arsenal (Help Net Security)
2015-07-15 07:09

Not much is known about the cyber espionage group that wields the so-called "Dukes": backdoors and information stealers that all have "Duke" in their name, and have been used to compromise high-value,...