Description: The media is buzzing with stories of state-sponsored hacking and so-called advanced persistent threats, as well as high-profile data-theft attacks by cybercriminals. So what does this mean to everyday businesses owners and managers, companies that aren't defense contractors or giant corporations?
It means watch out. In this week's Websense Security Labs video, Patrik Runald is discussing recent research into the malware adoption lifecycle. The wildly successful techniques used in state-sponsored attacks are moving down a malware adoption lifecycle. Yesterday's million-dollar, well-planned, high-profile attack quickly becomes a $25 exploit kit available online to armies of low-level hackers. Read more on our blog at http://community.websense.com/blogs/websense-insights/archive/2011/08/24/how-high-profile-targeted-attacks-against-big-companies-become-relevant-to-everyone-the-malware-adoption-lifecycle.aspx?smpid=pr
Tags: APT , targeted attacks , malware , malware lifecycle , exploit kits. Phoenix , Blackhole ,
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