Sofacy APT28 Gang Using New Backdoors, Zero Days

A new analysis of the Sofacy APT gang, a Russian-speaking group carrying out targeted attacks against military and government offices for close to a decade, shows a relentless wave of intrusions peaking this summer against victims in a number of NATO countries and the Ukraine. Researchers at...

Examining the Risks and Advantages of Biohacking

CANCUN – Hannes Sjoblad of the Swedish Biohacking Association throws a mean implant party, the latest of which was held today on stage at the Security Analyst Summit. Povel Torudd, head of European PR at Kaspersky Lab, bravely volunteered to have a NFC implant the side of a grain of rice shot int...

NSA Targets Sys Admins to Access Networks

The latest set of Snowden documents reveal details on perhaps the biggest no-brainer from the National Security Agency’s point of view during these nine months of leaks: the targeting of system administrators. Classified presentations, documents and notes portray the NSA as confident and...