Kaspersky’s Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) has discovered a new Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) campaign carried out by the Tropic Trooper group. This operation has been targeting a governmental entity in the Middle East for over a year, aiming to conduct cyberespionage. To gain unauthorized access and maintainRead More…
Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) actors are targeting vulnerable remote access services and access control mechanisms like Windows Smart Screen in their attacks leveraging vulnerability exploitation, the latest research by Kaspersky has revealed. Analysis of available data on exploits used in APT attacks in 2023-2024 also shows that office applications likeRead More…
In Kaspersky’s latest report on Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) trends for the second quarter of 2023, researchers analyzed the development of new and existing campaigns. The report highlights APT activity during this period including the updating of toolsets, the creation of new malware variants, and the adoption of fresh techniquesRead More…
The key contributors to the success of the Advanced Persistent Threat operations inside their victims’ networks include human factors, insufficient security measures, challenges with updates and configuration of cybersecurity solutions, and other factors. While some of these reasons may appear trivial, they are frequently encountered by Kaspersky experts during theirRead More…
Kaspersky researchers have uncovered an ongoing mobile Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) campaign targeting iOS devices with previously unknown malware. Dubbed as ‘Operation Triangulation’, the campaign distributes zero-click exploits via iMessage to run malware gaining complete control over the device and user data, with the final goal to hiddenly spy onRead More…
ESET has been named a Top Player in Radicati’s Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) Protection – Market Quadrant 2023. Being a Top Player in one of Radicati’s reports means not only that ESET is a current market leader with products that offer, both breadth and depth of functionality,Read More…
Fortinet has unveiled predictions from the FortiGuard Labs global threat intelligence and research team about the cyberthreat landscape for the next 12 months and beyond. From quickly evolving Cybercrime-as-a-Service (CaaS)-fueled attacks to new exploits on nontraditional targets like edge devices or online worlds, the volume, variety, and scale of cyberthreatsRead More…
In mid-2021, Kaspersky researchers discovered a wave of new attacks by the Middle Eastern Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) group, DeftTorero, also popularly dubbed as the Volatile Cedar. First detected in 2012, the APT group has been actively targeting the Government, Military, Education, Corporate and Telecommunication industries particularly across the UAE,Read More…
