UK’s Russia Attribution for NotPetya Upends $100 Million Lawsuit
Nearly a year after the British government formally laid the blame for 2017’s widespread NotPetya malware infections at Moscow’s door, …
Ryuk Ransomware Attribution May Be Premature
Security researchers are keen to link a recent outbreak of Ryuk ransomware to a specific attacker. Some have suggested North Korea, a …
Ryuk ransomware attacks businesses over the holidays
While families gathered for food and merriment on Christmas Eve, most businesses slumbered. Nothing was stirring, not even a mouse—or so …
Ryuk Ransomware Attack: Rush to Attribution Misses the Point
Senior analyst Ryan Sherstobitoff contributed to this report. During the past week, an outbreak of Ryuk ransomware shutting down newspaper …
Attribution Unknown in Tribune Publishing Attack
The malware attack that disrupted the printing operations of the Chicago Tribune and other Tribune Publishing newspapers, including the Los …
Stop the Presses: Don’t Rush Tribune Ransomware Attribution
Anti-Malware , Cybercrime , Cyberwarfare / Nation-state attacks Stop the Presses: Don’t Rush Tribune Ransomware Attribution Nation States …
The Cyber Attribution Dilemma: 3 Barriers to Cyber Deterrence
Given that the most serious threats in cyberspace are other state actors and their proxies, traditional thinking is focused on deterrence. …
Cybersecurity firm Area 1 defends pointing finger at China over European cables hack
Chinese military hackers have used a persistent phishing campaign to steal thousands of European diplomatic cables on sensitive topics …
Former Estonian Foreign Minister Urges Cooperation in Cyberattack Attribution, Policy
BLACK HAT EUROPE 2018 – London – As nation-state cyberattacks continue to evolve into more complex and disruptive campaigns, the …
#BHEU: Attribution & Offensive Capabilities Changed Cybersecurity in 2018
Delivering the opening keynote at the Black Hat Europe conference in London, Marina Kaljurand, chair of the Global Commission on the …
Black Hat Europe: The Power of Attribution
Black Hat Europe: The Power of Attribution Estonia’s Marina Kaljurand Calls for Greater Cyberattack Accountability Mathew …
TRITON Attribution: Russian Government-Owned Lab Most Likely Built Custom Intrusion Tools for TRITON Attackers
FireEye Intelligence assesses with high confidence that intrusion activity that led to deployment of TRITON was supported by the Central …
Understanding the Relationship Between AI and Cybersecurity
The first thing many of us think about when it comes to the future relationship between artificial intelligence (AI) and cybersecurity is …
Attribution Games: Don’t Rush to Blame
Warning: Vendors rushing to attribute online attacks may appear faster than a …
Attacks Leveraging Adobe Zero-Day (CVE-2018-4878) – Threat Attribution, Attack Scenario and Recommendations
We assess that the actors employing this latest Flash zero-day are a suspected North Korean group we track as TEMP.Reaper. We have observed …
Ukraine blames infamous Russian hackers for ‘BadRabbit’ ransomware attack
A group of hackers believed to be associated with Russia’s Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU), better known as APT28 or Fancy Bear, was …
Europol Looks to Solve IP-Based Attribution Challenges
Van de Wiele sees something verging on sinister from this latest push by Europol. “This is another attempt by law enforcement to try and …
Attribution Still Remains a Challenge, Say FBI
Speaking in the keynote theatre at Infosecurity North America on “Profiling the Agile Cyber Adversary”, Jeffrey Tricoli, section chief …