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Chinese Antivirus Firm Was Part of APT41 ‘Supply Chain’ Attack

Krebs on Security

One of the alleged hackers was first profiled here in 2012 as the owner of a Chinese antivirus firm. One of the men indicted as part of APT41 — now 35-year-old Tan DaiLin — was the subject of a 2012 KrebsOnSecurity story that sought to shed light on a Chinese antivirus product marketed as Anvisoft. Image: FBI.

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“FudCo” Spam Empire Tied to Pakistani Software Firm

Krebs on Security

Six years later, a review of the social media postings from this group shows they are prospering, while rather poorly hiding their activities behind a software development firm in Lahore that has secretly enabled an entire generation of spammers and scammers. Also we are running business since 2006.” Image: Facebook.

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Top VC Firms in Cybersecurity of 2022

eSecurity Planet

Formerly known as Accel Partners, the Palo Alto-based company is a top-tier VC firm investing in consumer and enterprise solutions for segments like SaaS , fintech, hardware, media, and IT services. Accel’s largest presence is in the Bay Area with sizable teams in London and Bangalore. ForgePoint Capital. Insight Partners. Redpoint Ventures.

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Top 6 Rootkit Threats and How to Protect Yourself

eSecurity Planet

Any bugs or glitches in its programming leaves noticeable trails for antivirus software to track. This type of rootkit was developed as a proof of concept in 2006, but in 2017, researcher Joseph Connelly designed nested virtual machine rootkit CloudSkulk as part of his Masters degree work at Boise State University.

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Weathering Russian Winter: The Current State of Russian APTs

Security Boulevard

According to Richard Bejtlich’s paper on the topic , ‘the United States Air Force coined the phrase ‘advanced persistent threat’ in 2006 because teams working within the service needed a way to communicate with counterparts in the unclassified public world.’ From then on, APT became a heavily used, marketable term. What Is An APT?