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The Urgent Need to Patch: APTs Persistently Exploiting WinRAR Vulnerability

Patel Maya1 year ago09 mins

The Continued Exploitation of the WinRAR Vulnerability Introduction State-sponsored threat actors from Russia and China have been leveraging a vulnerability in the popular file archiver tool WinRAR to deliver malware to their targets. The vulnerability, identified as CVE-2023-38831, is a known and patched vulnerability, but systems that haven’t been updated remain vulnerable to these attacks….

The Weight of North Korea’s State-Sponsored APTs: Organizing and Aligning for Cyber Espionage

Patel Maya1 year ago011 mins

The Growing Agility and Complexity of North Korean Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) Groups Increased Coordination During COVID-19 Pandemic Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, North Korean APT groups have exhibited an unprecedented level of collaboration and coordination, according to a report published by Mandiant on October 10th. Historically, researchers have tracked North Korea’s threat…

North Korea’s State-Sponsored APTs: Orchestrating Cyber Warfare

Nguyen Michael1 year ago09 mins

## North Korean APTs Evolve and Collaborate Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic ### A Shift towards Collaboration and Complexity According to a recent report by Mandiant, North Korean Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) groups have displayed an unprecedented level of coordination and collaboration since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The traditional boundaries between individual APT groups,…

AWS Partners with MadPot to Counter APTs and Botnets, Revolutionizing Cybersecurity

Emma Thompson1 year ago010 mins

AWS Using MadPot Decoy System to Disrupt APTs, Botnets By | October 1, 2023 In a significant development in the field of cloud security, Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced the successful use of a threat intelligence decoy system called MadPot. Developed by AWS software engineer Nima Sharifi Mehr, MadPot is described as a sophisticated…

The Rising Threat of Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) Targeting Small Business MSPs.

Emma Thompson2 years ago06 mins

Nation-State APTs Target Small Business MSPs According to a new report from security researchers at Proofpoint, advanced persistent threat (APT) actors linked to state interests in Russia, Iran, and North Korea are directing their attention toward small- and medium-sized businesses and the service providers of that ecosystem. Proofpoint warned of the supply chain risks from…