Carbanak 2.0, Metel, GCMAN Borrow from APT Attacks

TENERIFE, Spain— Many bank robbers long ago dropped the stick-up man persona in favor of a keyboard and a reliable password-stealing Trojan. Banking malware, however, may soon not be good enough for the bad guys. More and more are copycatting the techniques deployed by advanced hackers to steal...

2015 Computer Security Risks and Trends to Watch

P4ssw0rds got you down? POODLEs Bashing you over the head giving you Heartbleed? Well, bad puns aside, 2014 was a rough year and you can surely expect more of the same in 2015—with a few new twists. Hackers will still chase credit card numbers and point-of-sale systems, but they’ve got their eye ...

Citadel Variant Targets Password Managers

The Citadel Trojan has once again branched out beyond its roots as banking malware and is now targeting the master passwords guarding major password management products. Researchers from IBM Trusteer today said they’ve notified makers of the nexus Personal Security Client, Password Safe and KeePa...

Apache Struts2 s2-0 2 0 patch to bypass and protection-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

Overview: Struts2 is the second generation based on Model-View-Controller MVCmodel java enterprise web application framework. Apache Struts versions 2.0.0-2.3.16 version of the default upload mechanism is based on the Commons FileUpload 1.3 version, the version in the realization of a denial of...

Kurt Baumgartner on APT Attacks in the Enterprise

Dennis Fisher talks with Kaspersky Lab security researcher Kurt Baumgartner about the specter of APT attacks in enterprises, what kind of tactics APT attackers are using now and the effect of the Heartbleed openSSL bug on the certificate authority system. Download: digitalunderground151.mp3...

Terminator RAT became more sophisticated in recent APT attacks

Advanced Persistent Threat APT is a term referring to targeted attacks on enterprises and other organizations and recently referred to what appeared to be nation-state intelligence agencies using cyber assaults for both conventional espionage and industrial espionage. Advanced threats have target...

Terminator RAT became more sophisticated in recent APT attacks

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ASLR bypass techniques are popular with APT attacks

Address space layout randomization ASLR is a security technique involved in protection from buffer overflow attacks. Many recent APT Advanced Persistent Threat attacks have utilized many different ASLR bypass techniques during the past year, according to Researchers at FireEye. Many exploits and...

ASLR bypass techniques are popular with APT attacks

Address space layout randomization ASLR is a security technique involved in protection from buffer overflow attacks. Many recent APT Advanced Persistent Threat attacks have utilized many different ASLR bypass techniques during the past year, according to Researchers at FireEye. Many exploits and...

RSA Conference 2013: Experts Say It's Time to Prepare for a 'Post-Crypto' World

SAN FRANCISCO–In the current climate of continuous attacks and intrusions by APT crews, government-sponsored groups and others organizations, cryptography is becoming less and less important and defenders need to start thinking about new ways to protect data on systems that they assume are...

Chinese Government targets Uyghur group by malware attack

An old vulnerability in Word for OS X is being used in increasing levels of attacks, probably government-sponsored hacking programs against Uyghur group, including Tibetans, NGOs and human rights organizations. A number of attacks have been seen directed at the World Uyghur Congress, a Munich-bas...

Chinese Government targets Uyghur group by malware attack

An old vulnerability in Word for OS X is being used in increasing levels of attacks, probably government-sponsored hacking programs against Uyghur group, including Tibetans, NGOs and human rights organizations. A number of attacks have been seen directed at the World Uyghur Congress, a Munich-bas...

Report Describes Far-Flung Chinese Cyber Espionage Against U.S. Government

The massive campaign of cyber intrusions of U.S. government Web sites by China’s People’s Liberation Army PLA now has a name: “Byzantine Hades,” according to a report Thursday by Reuters. The report says that China has gained the upper hand over the U.S. in the arena of cyberwarfare, developing a...