Mercenary APTs – An Exploration

Mercenary advanced persistent threat (APT) groups, sometimes called “hackers-for-hire” – and dubbed private-sector offensive actors (PSOAs) by Microsoft – have become a significant part of the threat landscape in recent years. These cyber-soldiers of fortune have been executing increasing numbers of attack campaigns for their clients, usually nation-states, that are looking for surveillance capabilities. Not …

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Geopolitical and Cybersecurity Weekly – 27 April 2020

COVID-19 cybersecurity update In the face of the continuing coronavirus pandemic, individual cybercriminals and groups have re-geared their operations to use coronavirus lures. Recent research revealed a 148 per cent month-on-month increase in ransomware attacks from February to March, alongside a spike in attacks on financial institutions. Over a dozen state-sponsored threat groups have been …

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Misinformation, disinformation and the COVID-19 infodemic

The global coronavirus pandemic has spread rapidly, triggering a deluge of disinformation and misinformation. It is worth defining the two terms before progressing because they are often confused and conflated. Disinformation refers to content that is intentionally false and designed to cause harm. Misinformation is inaccurate or misleading content shared by someone that believes it …

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Cyjax Geopolitical Podcast – January 2020 – The Blog

Check out the podcast on our YouTube channel – here. Iran Iran dominated the headlines at the beginning of January after a US drone strike killed Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani. In the immediate aftermath of the strike, the media, numerous cybersecurity vendors, and even various governments warned of swift retaliation from Iran: World War …

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