A security researcher claims to have unearthed a previously-unknown APT group after reading the NSA files leaked by the Shadow Brokers in 2016.
Tag Archives: APT
Flood of exploits targetting ancient WinRAR flaw continues
An ancient WinRAR vulnerability made public in February is now well on its way to becoming one of the most widely and rapidly-exploited security flaws of recent times.
Possible Toyota data breach affecting 3.1 million customers
Several Toyota companies have announced that they might have suffered data breach attempts, with one affecting 3.1 million customers.
Flash zero-day exploit spotted – patch now!
If you’re among the holdouts still running Flash, you have some more updating homework to do.
Virus Bulletin Conference – what’s changed in 25 years?
The discipline of computer security is barely a few decades old, yet the threats we face have already changed beyond belief. Virus Bulletin’s Martijn Grooten takes a look back, and forward.
From the Labs: more advances in Advanced Persistent Threats
SophosLabs researcher Gabor Szappanos is back. He presents another insightful installment in the ongoing saga of PlugX and other “malware factories” that are part of the Advanced Persistent Threat scene.
“Exploit This”: Evaluating the exploit skills of malware groups
SophosLabs researcher Gabor Szappanos compares APT actors and cybercrooks. A comparative review of malware writers! A fascinating study, well worth a read…