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Attack Attempt Numbers Down, But PoS Malware & Angler Up in Q3

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Nov

2015

Politically motivated cyber-espionage groups also hard at work between July and September, according to Trend Micro. Although Trend Micro has seen a decline in the number of threats since 2012 — trending nearly 20 percent down — point-of-sale attacks are increasing. One reason for the general decline in threats is that over the years most […]

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Fake LinkedIn profiles, ‘convincing’ network linked to Iran-based group

08

Oct

2015

The Counter Threat Unit (CTU), the Dell SecureWorks research team, uncovered an initiative by an Iran-based threat group it dubbed #threat group 2889, to create a network of fake #linkedin profiles for “obtaining confidential #information they can use for cyber espionage purposes.” The team said the intent of the group was to use what researchers […]

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Winnti group’s attack platform is based on decade old malware

08

Oct

2015

Kaspersky Lab experts tracking the activity of the ####winnti group have discovered an active threat based on a 2006 #bootkit installer. The threat, which they name HDRoot after the original tool’s name HDD Rootkit, is a universal #platform for a sustainable and persistent appearance in a targeted system, which can be used as a foothold […]

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