Overview APT28 is a recognized state-sponsored threat actor operating out of Russia. Nefarious efforts and known exploits conducted by ATP28 (Advanced Persistent Threat) have been tracked as early as 2007 by various cyber-security experts in the field. The following information will outline the worldwide cyber warfare attacks that have been...
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Blackmoon Banking Trojan Overview
Overview The Blackmoon Bank Trojan that was originally identified in 2016 has since re-surfaced. Recently, more than 150,000 bank accounts were compromised in South Korea and the Blackmoon Trojan has been identified as the culprit. A new 2017 version has hit the financial industry and employs a new framework model...
Retrospective: NHS, ransomware and technical debt
By: Stephen Gates, Chief Research Intelligence Analyst, NSFOCUS On May 15th, the NHS (UK’s National Health Service) suffered its single worst disruption to service in the history of the organisation. The disruption was due to a type of malicious software, known as ransomware, with the purpose of attempting to extort money...
Solving the DDoS Problem – One Summit at a Time
By: Stephen Gates, Chief Research Intelligence Analyst, NSFOCUS It’s no secret that DDoS attacks are on the rise. Statistic-after-statistic, report-after-report, all say the same thing about DDoS. However, who are the companies that have perfected the technology, tactics, techniques, and procedures used in front-lines to defeat DDoS attacks every day? NSFOCUS...
Swearing Trojan Exploit Overview
Author: Cody Mercer - Senior Threat Intelligence Researcher Executive Overview A new mobile banking Trojan titled ‘Swearing Trojan’ has been discovered by Tencent Security and Checkpoint researchers. The odd name of the malware is in part attributed to the various Chinese swear words sparsely distributed in the source code. The...
NSFOCUS Wins Big at European IT and Software Excellence Awards 2017
Intelligent Hybrid DDoS defence provider claims Top prize for Security Solution of the Year London, UK - 31 March 2017 – NSFOCUS, the intelligent hybrid DDoS defence provider, has been awarded the Security Solution of the Year at the European IT & Software Awards 2017 (www.iteawards.com) - the leading pan-European...
