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Bread Crumbs of Threat Actors (Dec 19, 2022 – Jan 1, 2023)

January 12, 2023 | NSFOCUS

From December 19, 2022 to Jan 1, 2023, NSFOCUS Security Labs found activity clues of 61 APT groups, 3 malware families (Zbot botnet, SpicyHotPot Trojan, and Banload Trojan), and 490 threat actors targeting critical infrastructure. APT Groups Among the 61 APT groups discovered, the APT28 affected the most significant number of hosts from December 19 […]

Analysis of Cyber Attack of APT Organization Confucius against Pakistan’s Intelligence-Based Operation

January 12, 2023 | NSFOCUS

Overview Affected by many factors, Pakistan has long suffered from serious local terrorism threats. The country has also taken counter-terrorism as an important national security strategy. In the second half of 2022, the Pakistani security forces carried out many intelligence-based operations (IBO) in Baluchistan, Khyber and North Waziristan, and killed many terrorists. Pakistan’s recent high-profile […]

Relationship Between Security Concept and Security Assessment for Software Supply Chain

January 5, 2023 | NSFOCUS

The three concepts, transparency of software supply chain, assessable capabilities of software supply chain security, and trusted software supply chain, are closely related to the ability of end users to conduct security checks and assessments for the software supply chain, including: 1. Basic assessment of software composition security Upstream and downstream companies can provide end […]

Security Concept for Software Supply Chain (Part 3) – Building Trusted Software Supply Chain

December 28, 2022 | Adeline Zhang

A crop of multi-level upstream and downstream security problems makes software supply chain (SSC) security more complex.  It is difficult to assess and control the security of the whole chain only depending on companies, but it is necessary to strengthen the security supervision of the supply chain products, provide companies SBOM hosting and trusted certification […]

Bread Crumbs of Threat Actors (Dec 5, 2022 – Dec 18, 2022)

December 26, 2022 | Adeline Zhang

From December 5, 2022 to December 18, 2022, NSFOCUS Security Labs found activity clues of 66 APT groups, 3 malware families (MoonBounce Trojans, Razy Trojans and the CoinMinder), and 509 threat actors targeting critical infrastructure. APT Groups Among the 66 discovered APT groups, the APT28 affected the most significant number of hosts from December 5 […]

NSFOCUS Earns ISO 22301:2019 Business Continuity Management System Certification

December 23, 2022 | Adeline Zhang

Santa Clara, Calif. Dec 23, 2022 – NSFOCUS, a global provider of intelligent hybrid security solutions, announced today that it has attained ISO 22301:2019 Business Continuity Management System (BCMS) certification. ISO 22301 is an international standard for business continuity. It specifies the requirements for a management system to protect against, reduce the likelihood of occurrence, […]

Bread Crumbs of Threat Actors (Nov 21, 2022 – Dec 4, 2022)

December 22, 2022 | Adeline Zhang

From November 21, 2022 to December 4, 2022, NSFOCUS Security Labs found activity clues of 60 APT groups, 2 malware families (Mozi ransomware and Banload Trojan horse), and 510 threat actors targeting critical infrastructure. APT Groups Among the 60 discovered APT groups, the APT group Outlaw affected the most significant number of hosts from November […]

Security Concept for Software Supply Chain (Part 2) — Assessable Capabilities of Software Supply Chain Compositions

December 14, 2022 | Adeline Zhang

To deal with threats from supply chains and ensure the security of their own IT infrastructure, companies shall set a list of software compositions to sort out the supply chain products, identify and manage key software suppliers, control security risks through security assessments at all stages of the life cycle of supply chains, and reduce […]

Security Researcher from NSFOCUS Security Labs to Speak at Black Hat 2022 Europe

December 7, 2022 | Adeline Zhang

Gao Jian at NSFOCUS Security Labs was invited to speak at the Black Hat 2022 Europe held at ExCel London, United Kindom from December 5 to 8, 2022. Gao Jian specializes in industrial control system security, focusing on PLC and SCADA vulnerability exploitation and ICS security enhancement. He has helped many vendors, including Siemens, Codesys, […]

Security Concept for Software Supply Chain (Part 1) — Transparency of Software Supply Chain Compositions

December 2, 2022 | Adeline Zhang

Software supply chain security covers the whole software life cycle. In terms of software product complexity alone, apart from the software itself, it is necessary to ensure the security of the dependencies and transitive dependencies of software, as well as the security of the software ecosystem composed of these dependency chains. Especially regarding the issue […]