Vectra’s 2018 Spotlight Report found that attackers can easily spy, spread and steal information, largely unhindered by the insufficient internal access controls that are in place.

With a nest full of spy capabilities and good hiding techniques, the InvisiMole was able to tunnel under the radar for at least five years.”

The stolen data included “secret plans to develop a supersonic anti-ship missile for use on U.S. submarines by 2020,” American officials said.

The payload is a commercial version of the Imminent Monitor tool, which is marketed as legitimate software.

It’s analyzing the server, operated by the North Korea-sponsored APT, which was used to control the global GhostSecret espionage campaign affecting 17 countries.

Lookout researchers discussed Dark Caracal’s implications for APT actors in the mobile space and why its now a juicy target.

Cisco has uncovered a remote administration tool called Konni that it says has been used in attacks against government agencies and public organizations linked to North Korea.

German industrial firm ThyssenKrupp said it’s working with authorities to investigate a data breach of unspecified amount of internal data.

Edward Snowden took his case to the media Wednesday arguing a presidential pardon would be important step in preserving democracy and his only hope in returning to the United States. He argued that under the current Espionage Act, future whistleblowers would be less inclined to come forward to expose government abuses of power. “Today whistleblowing...

A five-year campaign primarily focused on extracting sensitive information from Japanese oil, gas, and electric utilities was outlined by researchers on Tuesday. Referred to as Operation Dust Storm (.PDF) by researchers at Cylance, the campaign has managed to stay persistent over the years, and especially lately, by using dynamic DNS domains and customized backdoors. While the group...