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10,000 Microsoft customers targeted by nation-state attacks in the last year
Microsoft has tied the attacks — some of which have been successful — with a group linked with Iran (APT 33), with a group from North Korea (APT 38), as well as with two groups linked with Russia (APT 28 and APT 29).
Researchers are still using lessons from VPNFilter to track threats one year later
The lessons learned from that takedown of the 500,000-router botnet are still reverberating today in the cybersecurity community.
Cyber Command's latest VirusTotal upload has been linked to an active attack
The malware has been linked with APT28, the same hacking group that breached the DNC during the 2016 election cycle.
As Europe prepares to vote, Microsoft warns of Fancy Bear attacks on democratic think tanks
Europeans go to the polls in May, and Microsoft is warning that not enough democratic organizations are protected from hackers.
For foreign hackers, 2018 was all about subtlety, CrowdStrike says
Russian hackers need just 19 minutes to move through breached networks, the cybersecurity company said.
Two suspected Russian hacking groups share tools and techniques, Kaspersky says
GreyEnergy and Zebrocy used the same command-and-control servers, simultaneously, according to the Moscow-based security vendor.
