APTs: Theft Without Trace

Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) used to be the stuff of cyber espionage between nation states with names like ‘Aurora’, GhostNet and ‘Shady Rat’. Not anymore. APTs are now commonly used to steal valuable information from industrial, commercial and government organisations – and the attackers have switched from many attacks on many targets to focused attacks on bigger targets for bigger rewards. If you have information of value, it may just be a matter of time.

In this short white paper, we discuss the key elements that make up APTs - social engineering, custom Trojans and beaconing – and examine:

What makes APT attacks so hard to detect and stop;
What types of organisations and data are likely targets;
Why conventional IT security defences aren’t much help; and
What organisations can do to protect themselves.

Key terms and topics addressed:

Advanced Persistent Threat (APT), customised malware, zero-day malware, targeted Trojans;
Cyber warfare, cyber security, social engineering, spear-phishing; beaconing;
Commercial and industrial espionage, theft, fraud, stealth, risk;
IP protection, IT asset protection, data loss prevention (DLP), Log management, SIEM;
Real-time threat monitoring; anomaly detection, behaviour-based analysis;

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