Even More on Threat Hunting

In response to my post More on Threat Hunting, Rob Lee asked: Do you consider detection through ID’ing/“matching” TTPs not hunting? To answer this question, we must begin by clarifying "TTPs." Most readers know TTPs to mean tactics, techniques and procedures, defined by David Bianco in his Pyrami...

Multiple Cobalt Personality Disorder

Introduction Despite the notion that modern cybersecurity protocols have stopped email-based attacks, email continues to be one of the primary attack vectors for malicious actors — both for widespread and targeted operations. Recently, Cisco Talos has observed numerous email-based attacks that ar...

Suspected Chinese Cyber Espionage Group (TEMP.Periscope) Targeting U.S. Engineering and Maritime Industries

Intrusions Focus on the Engineering and Maritime Sector Since early 2018, FireEye including our FireEye as a Service FaaS, Mandiant Consulting, and iSIGHT Intelligence teams has been tracking an ongoing wave of intrusions targeting engineering and maritime entities, especially those connected to...

APT Trends report Q3 2017

Introduction Beginning in the second quarter of 2017, Kaspersky's Global Research and Analysis Team GReAT began publishing summaries of the quarter's private threat intelligence reports in an effort to make the public aware of what research we have been conducting. This report serves as the next...

Giving Red-Teamers the Blues

Pen-testing engagements are generally a breeze for most red-teamers; roadblocks are few, despite the ones in place being expensive and often paid for by very large companies. Chris Nickerson has been running such engagements for 15 years and he sees companies that throw more money and more server...

Follow The Money: Dissecting the Operations of the Cyber Crime Group FIN6

Cybercrime operations can be intricate and elaborate, with careful planning needed to navigate the various obstacles separating an attacker from a payout. Yet reports on these operations are often fragmentary, as the full scope of attacker activity typically occurs beyond the view of any one grou...

Internet Explorer 8 Exploit Found in Watering Hole Campaign Targeting Chinese Dissidents

On March 16th, we discovered a premeditated waterhole campaign that hosts exploits and malware on websites frequented by a specific target group. In this case the target includes Chinese dissidents. For the attacker, this approach is highly attractive since it is very difficult to discover the...