Exposing the Sophisticated Cyber Espionage Tool Known as BendyBear
Unit 42 has disclosed the discovery of BendyBear, extremely stealthy malware that is one of the most sophisticated cyber espionage tools seen to date.
Palo Alto Networks
cyber espionage
Emissary Trojan Changelog: Did Operation Lotus Blossom Cause It to Evolve?
In December 2015, Unit 42 published a blog about a cyber espionage attack using the Emissary Trojan as a payload. Emissary is related to the Elise Tro...
Scarlet Mimic: Years-Long Espionage Campaign Targets Minority Activists
Over the past seven months, Unit 42 has been investigating a series of attacks we attribute to a group we have code named “Scarlet Mimic.” The attacks...
Adversaries and Their Motivations (Part 2)
This post is the second in a blog series describing adversaries and their motivations. In part two of the series, we’ll explore the following top-level actor motivations: Cyber Espionage, Cyber Crime, and Cyber...
How Well Do You Understand Your Cyber Adversary? – Part 3
This is the third and final installment of my blog series differentiating the various kinds of cyber adversaries who are looking to gain access to enterprise and government networks. Follow these links to get t...
How Well Do You Understand Your Cyber Adversary? – Part 2
In my previous post, I wrote of my distaste for how loosely the cybersecurity community uses terms like cyber terrorism and cyber crime. There are different motivations driving those who would try to gain unau...
How Well Do You Understand Your Cyber Adversary? - Part 1
This is a pet peeve of mine, but when I hear somebody from the cybersecurity community refer to a web-defacement as cyber warfare, my soul dies a little. Really? A hacktivist converts the corporate logo on a co...
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