Tag: conference
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VB2018 video: The Big Bang Theory by APT-C-23
The APT-C-23 group, which targets users in the Middle East and in particular in the State of Palestine, was named and first reported on by 360 in a Chinese language blog post in early 2013. Its campaigns have since been written about by many security vendors, including Palo Alto and Cisco Talos . Check Point…
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VB2019 London – join us for the most international threat intelligence conference!
If you see cybersecurity as a battle between attackers and defenders, then there are enough good news stories to demonstrate that the former aren’t necessarily winning. But the number of botnets and threat groups, as well as the number of research and analysis tools, can often feel rather overwhelming. No organisation can be expected to…
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VB2019 London – join us for the most international threat intelligence conference!
If you see cybersecurity as a battle between attackers and defenders, then there are enough good news stories to demonstrate that the former aren’t necessarily winning. But the number of botnets and threat groups, as well as the number of research and analysis tools, can often feel rather overwhelming. No organisation can be expected to…
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VB2018 paper: Hide’n’Seek: an adaptive peer-to-peer IoT botnet
Until recently IoT botnets mostly consisted of Mirai and its many descendants. However, during 2018 we have seen an increase in the variety of botnets living on the Internet of Things. One prime example is Hide’N’Seek, discovered by Bitdefender in January, which is notable for its use of peer-to-peer for command-and-control communication. Though the botnet’s…
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VB2018 paper: Hide’n’Seek: an adaptive peer-to-peer IoT botnet
Until recently IoT botnets mostly consisted of Mirai and its many descendants. However, during 2018 we have seen an increase in the variety of botnets living on the Internet of Things. One prime example is Hide’N’Seek, discovered by Bitdefender in January, which is notable for its use of peer-to-peer for command-and-control communication. Though the botnet’s…
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VB2018 video: Behind the scenes of the SamSam investigation
Yesterday, a federal grand jury in the US unsealed an indictment charging two Iranians with being behind the SamSam ransomware. SamSam has been one of the most successful ransomware campaigns in recent years, thanks to the clever targeting of specific organisations, including universities, hospitals and local governments. This targeting allowed the attackers to ensure the…
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VB2018 video: Behind the scenes of the SamSam investigation
Yesterday, a federal grand jury in the US unsealed an indictment charging two Iranians with being behind the SamSam ransomware. SamSam has been one of the most successful ransomware campaigns in recent years, thanks to the clever targeting of specific organisations, including universities, hospitals and local governments. This targeting allowed the attackers to ensure the…
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VB2018 paper: Since the hacking of Sony Pictures
Recent activity shows that the Lazarus Group, which became (in)famous through the Sony Pictures breach and the WannaCry attack, is still very much active and targeting financial institutions around the world. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the group, which is generally believed to be linked to the North Korean government, has also been very active in South Korea,…
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VB2018 paper: Since the hacking of Sony Pictures
Recent activity shows that the Lazarus Group, which became (in)famous through the Sony Pictures breach and the WannaCry attack, is still very much active and targeting financial institutions around the world. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the group, which is generally believed to be linked to the North Korean government, has also been very active in South Korea,…
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VB2018 video: Shedding skin – Turla’s fresh faces
“Capable, well-resourced, and they go back decades.” The Turla threat group doesn’t make the news as much as some other Russian-speaking APT groups, but it is one of the most advanced and most diverse groups out there. At VB2018 in Montreal, Kurt Baumgartner and Mike Scott from Kaspersky Lab ‘s GReAT detailed the latest malware…