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The Gaza cybergang and its SneakyPastes campaign
At our Kaspersky Security Analyst Summit (SAS) conference we traditionally speak about APT attacks: It was there that we first published info about Slingshot, Carbanak, and Careto. Targeted attacks are...
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Another Taj Mahal (between Tokyo and Yokohama)
In the fall of 2018, we detected an attack on a diplomatic organization belonging to a Central Asian country. There would be no story here (diplomats and their information systems attract the interest...
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Podcast: #TheSAS2019 recap day 2
Today, we closed out the 2019 Kaspersky Lab Security Analyst Summit. Day two of the conference was more hectic than the first day: three separate tracks, training sessions, and a whole lot of walking...
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Microsoft Office and its vulnerabilities
Some talks at the SAS 2019 conference are dedicated not to sophisticated APT attacks, but to the daily grind of our antimalware researchers. Our experts Boris Larin, Vlad Stolyarov, and Alexander...
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The complexities of public attribution
Over the past couple of years, we have seen an emerging trend from nation-states, or a consortium of nations publicly attributing cyberattacks to a particular adversary. In the game of spies spying on...
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Weaponized USB devices as an attack vector
USB devices are the main source of malware for industrial control systems, said Luca Bongiorni of Bentley Systems during his talk at #TheSAS2019. Most people who are in any way involved with security...
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ShadowHammer: New details
In our previous post about operation ShadowHammer, we promised more details. Although investigation is still in progress, our researchers are ready to share new details about this sophisticated...
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Is it possible to guard against GPS attacks?
Driving downtown, you glance at your navigation app and see that it thinks that you are at the airport. A bit unsettling, no doubt. This is not a made-up situation; it’s a real example of GPS spoofing...
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Uncovering fake news bots
Having the right information at the right time can make you rich or save your life, but in today’s grim reality, the information field all around the globe is poisoned with fake news. Nowadays, people...
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5 travel security tips for the slightly paranoid
Disclaimer: This post is for people who don’t like to be watched or tapped. Is that paranoid? We do quite a lot to make our homes as comfortable and safe as we want them to be. Some people even choose...
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