Advanced Hacking Groups Keep Showing Up, Old Ones Evolve

mood · Nov 28, 2019

Advanced Hacking Groups Keep Showing Up, Old Ones Evolve
November 28, 2019
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...cking-groups-keep-showing-up-old-ones-evolve/

Advancements in the threat landscape are clear from one year to another. Since last year, security researchers have seen new adversaries along with methods of compromise and more overt cyberattacks.
Singapore-based cybersecurity company Group-IB describes in a report released today the key changes in the spectrum of high-tech threats recorded since the second half of 2018 and the first half of 2019.
Money-driven attackers
Group-IB names five cybercriminal outfits actively engaged in attacks against financial institutions, three of them being Russian speakers (Cobalt, Silence, MoneyTaker) and the only ones working with trojans that control ATMs to dispense the cash at will.
State-backed actors
Attackers working for a government, also known as APT groups, have also been busy, 38 groups being active through the period observed by Group-IB. Of these, seven were discovered this year to carry out cyberespionage operations.
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Dmitry Volkov, Group-IB CTO and the Head of Threat Intelligence, says that 2018 showed how unprepared the cyberworld is for side-channel attacks and vulnerabilities related to microprocessors, while 2019 revealed covert military operations in cyberspace.

"Groups acting in the national interest fly under the radar for many years. Only a few such incidents have become known but most indicate that the critical infrastructure of many countries has already been compromised" - Dmitry Volkov
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Group-IB:
Group-IB presents its annual report on global threats to stability in cyberspace
Hi-Tech Crime Trends 2019/2020

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