Tag: APT

ESET named ‘Top Player’ in Radicati APT Protection – Market Quadrant 2021

March 25, 2021

ESET provides leading protection against APT attacks: Recognized as a Top Player in Radicati Advanced Persistent Threat Protection Market Quadrant 2021 Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) groups are responsible for some of the most infamous campaigns targeting organizations all over the world. From Turla’s Crutch backdoor to InvisiMole’s espionage toolkit, it seems these threats are becoming … More ESET named ‘Top Player’ in Radicati APT Protection – Market Quadrant 2021

DDoS extortion campaign targets financial firms, retailers

August 28, 2020

The extortionists attempt to scare the targets into paying by claiming to represent some of the world’s most notorious APT groups. Over the last few weeks, a cybercrime group has been extorting various organizations all over the world by threatening to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against them unless they pay thousands of dollars in Bitcoin. The … More DDoS extortion campaign targets financial firms, retailers

More signs that MSPs must master cybersecurity

June 11, 2019

Is it worth evolving to become a Managed Security and Service Provider (MSSP)?  The business case seems clear for MSP cybersecurity mastery, but how do you tell when an idea’s time has come? Well, if the volume of stories about Managed Service Providers (MSPs) facing increasingly advanced security threats is any indication, then the time … More More signs that MSPs must master cybersecurity

ICAO victim of a major cyberattack in 2016

March 1, 2019

The organization was the victim of a water-hole attack, likely attributable to the APT LuckyMouse group. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) was a victim of a large-scale cyberattack back in 2016. Indeed, in November of that year, a cyber-intelligence analyst at Lockheed Martin contacted the international organization after finding that cybercriminals took control of … More ICAO victim of a major cyberattack in 2016