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Advanced Persistent Threat

Targeted attacks cost companies an average of $200k

Marcos Colon May 22, 2012

A recent survey indicates that successful targeted attacks end up costing companies more than $200,000.

Botnets: The backdoor to the enterprise network

Tomer Teller, security researcher and evangelist at Check Point Software Technologies May 21, 2012

Compromising anywhere from a few thousand to well over a million systems, botnets are used by cyber criminals to take over computers and execute illegal and damaging activities.

Experts discover Mac OS X malware, "Sabpub," used as APT

Marcos Colon April 16, 2012

A new trojan is targeting the same Java vulnerability that the Flashback malware took advantage of last week.

Cyber Warfare: The next Cold War

Stephen Lawton April 02, 2012

Much of the breach conversation over the past year has been devoted to so-called hacktivists. But nation-state adversaries, bent on looting organizations of intellectual property, are another breed entirely.

Debate: The attack du jour, APTs, are real threats.

Staff Report March 01, 2012

The attack du jour, APTs, or advanced persistent threats, are real threats.

Solving the hardest problems in enterprise data security

Jim Ricotta, CEO, Verdasys • January 23, 2012

Companies targeted by APT will need to upgrade their defenses strategy to include multiple, integrated layers of extremely sensitive anomaly detection and mitigation.

Hard target: The APT scenario

Stephen Lawton January 03, 2012

Stealthy, targeted attacks are real -- as evidenced by operations such as Shady RAT and Stuxnet -- and there isn't a one-size-fits-all remedy to deal with them.

U.S. and EU partner for security response exercise

Angela Moscaritolo November 04, 2011

"Cyber Atlantic 2011" aimed to clarify how the two nations can best communicate about cyber incidents that occur on government systems or critical infrastructure.

"Nitro" attacks target 29 firms in chemical sector

Angela Moscaritolo November 01, 2011

Hackers over the summer targeted at least 29 companies in the chemical sector during an attack campaign aimed at stealing intellectual property.

Trojan found on Japanese government computers

Darren Pauli, editor, SC Magazine, Australia/New Zealand October 26, 2011

Following an attack on a major Japanese defense contractor, the nation's government computers were targets in an ambush that sought to monitor and steal sensitive communications.

Advanced threats: Assume the worst

Dan Kaplan May 02, 2011

In today's sophisticated malware and intrusion tactics, organizations should already assume they have been compromised. The key is readiness, says Larry Whiteside, CISO, Visiting Nurse Service of N.Y.

Department of Energy-funded lab silenced by APT attack

Greg Masters April 21, 2011

Internet and email service remains offline at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory after spear phishing attacks led to the theft of sensitive data.

RSA breach leaves customers waiting for answers

Angela Moscaritolo March 18, 2011

Experts are unclear about the level of risk facing RSA customers after the security firm on Thursday reveled that hackers successfully breached its systems.

RSA: Hackers breached us of intellectual property

Dan Kaplan March 17, 2011

Hackers have successfully infiltrated security firm RSA to steal information related to its two-factor authentication products, the company's president revealed in a letter Thursday to customers.

McAfee CEO: Get ready for tidal wave of mobile attacks

Angela Moscaritolo November 17, 2010

2011 promises to deliver a major influx of mobile application attacks, plus other sophisticated digital assaults, said Dave DeWalt, CEO of McAfee, during a keynote address Wednesday at SC Congress Canada in Toronto.

Is the advanced persistent threat something new?

Angela Moscaritolo October 20, 2010

Jerry Dixon, the former head of US-CERT, will examine the truth behind one of 2010's biggest IT security buzzwords when he speaks at next month's SC World Congress.

The shadowy world of the advanced persistent threat and botnets

Greg Hoglund, founder and CEO, HBGary July 15, 2010

Botnets have evolved into full-fledged criminal enterprises, and those organizations that take the threat lightly will be the ones paying in the end.

Experts react to Google's reported Windows phase-out

Dan Kaplan June 02, 2010

Many in the security community say Google would be wrong to base its decision to scale back internal Windows use over security concerns.

What CEOs should know about advanced persistent threats and industrialized hacking

Amichai Shulman, CTO, Imperva April 22, 2010

The world of hacking has evolved into two major varieties: industrialized attacks and advanced persistent threats (APT).

Intel the victim of "sophisticated" cyberattack

Angela Moscaritolo February 23, 2010

Intel told the federal government that it was the victim of a "sophisticated" cyberattack that occurred in January, around the time cybercriminals compromised systems at Google, Adobe and more than 30 other large companies.