In September of last year, Palo Alto’s Unit 42 reported on its finding updated CMSTAR malware family (including new backdoors: PYLOT and BYEBY) in a series of phishing emails sent to Belarussian government entities. Unit 42 first identified this type … [Read more...] about PYLOT Malware Targets Russian Entities
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Pylot aka Travle Malware Impacts Russian Targets
In September, Palo Alto released a report on malware and spear phishing attacks targeting government entities in Belarus, including the discussion of PYLOT (aka Travle) malware. Palo Alto security researchers in its Unit42 noted its discovery of two … [Read more...] about Pylot aka Travle Malware Impacts Russian Targets
Q3 2017 APT Threats
Kaspersky Labs recently released its report on Q3 2017 APT Threats. The report looks in depth at advanced persistent threats (APT), a type of network attack in which an unauthorized user gains access to a network and remains there for a long period … [Read more...] about Q3 2017 APT Threats