"advanced persistent threats" news, interviews, and features

News about advanced persistent threats

• Banks get attacked four times more than other industries

  Plu a third of all initial-stage reconnaissance attacks target financial institutions

• Palo Alto service to flag particularly evil security attacks

  Palo Alto Networks is introducing a service that tips customers off when it discovers unique or dangerous attacks against their networks.

• Has Equation Group hacked your hard drives? You won't be able to tell.

  The Equation Group's ability to reprogram hard-drive firmware leaves corporate security pros unable to trust the devices because they can't tell whether disks have been ...

• Cyphort provides guidance on prioritizing APTs for mitigation

  Cyphort has announced a next generation threat defense system said to prevent and detect threats.

• Botted-hosts number one concern for Network operators: Arbor

  Arbor Networks has released its ninth Annual Worldwide Infrastructure Security Report

• Websense launches Triton 7.8

  Websense AN/Z managing director, Gerry Tucker, says consolidation means customers want bang for their buck

Features about advanced persistent threats

• Blackhat movie: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

  The movie does, in fact, have some interesting things to say about the kinds of cyberthreats we're now up against