Tag Archives: advanced persistent threat

APT Threat Report Shows Cybersecurity Risks Not Limited to Identity Theft

By Craig A. Hoffman on February 22, 2013 Posted in Cybersecurity

We often talk to companies who believe they are an unlikely target for hackers because they do not have financial account information, Social Security numbers, or medical information. However, personal information is not the only item hackers are after. Indeed, the chief of the United States Cyber Command and director of the National Security Agency … Continue Reading

Can Big Data Analytics Help Prevent the Next Operation Shady RAT?

By Craig A. Hoffman on August 4, 2011 Posted in Cloud Computing, Information Security

On July 28, 2011, McAfee released a white paper (reg. req’d.) detailing its investigation of a targeted intrusion into more than 70 companies and government organizations over the past five years by an APT—an attack McAfee called Operation Shady RAT. By gaining access to a command and control server that was used in the attacks, … Continue Reading