Microsoft and Open AI detail how some nation-state actors have started to use large language models to gather intelligence. Credit: NicoElNino/Shutterstock Nation-state groups Forest Blizzard, Emerald Sleet, Crimson Sandstorm, Charcoal Typhoon, and Salmon Typhoon are using large language models (...
This attack does highlight the continued risk posed to all organizations from well-resourced nation-state threat actors likeMidnight Blizzard. As we said late last year when we announcedSecure Future Initiative(SFI), given the reality of threat actors that are resourced and funded by nation ...
“If they don't think they're a target, then they're not going to upgrade,” he said. “But now they just made it easy for the bad actors to compromise that device and make it part of that botnet.” Nation-state threat actors know that if they directly target a critical infrastr...
Nation-state threat actors with ties to North Korea allegedly launched a phishing campaign against AstraZeneca in an effort to gain access to the pharma giant’s systems via malware, according to Reuters. The report comes on the heels of aMicrosoftalert, warning the healthca...
A bevy of new cybersecurity reports point to the continuing problem of nation-state-sponsored threat actors. The primary culprits have long been Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea, which all show up in recently published reports from Microsoft, IBM, Te
WMI Consumer Events:The Threat Actors leverage the WMI event consumer, which executes the main action when it gets triggered by a filter. The Threat actor then makes use of ActiveScript, which appears to execute in the JScript engine. For the consumer action in this WMI event, the Threat Ac...
The purpose of this capstone project was to examine vulnerabilities of the Energy Industry that could be exploited by Nation State Threat Actors and the impact as a result of a cyber-attack. The research questions were developed to identify key areas of concern as they relate to our nation's...
While the effects of charging nation-state actors may not be tangible, indictments offer a way to publicly acknowledge the attacks and emerging threats, and the individuals behind them. "Generally speaking, these actions remind threat actors that cyberattacks will not occur without consequences,...
Have you ever been curious about how nation-state actors operate and what their day-to-day work looks like? This blog reveals some of these details observed based on our Advanced Threat Research team’s analysis ofOperation Graphite, a multi-stage espionage campaign targeting high-ranking governme...
Oct. 9. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)warnsfederal, state, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) governments of advanced persistent threat actors exploiting multiple legacy vulnerabilities in combination with a newer privilege escalation vulnerability in Windows Netlogon....