Story of the Year: global IT outages and supply chain attacks

While the CrowdStrike incident is still fresh in our minds, Kaspersky experts look back on similar IT outages that happened in 2024 and predict potential threats for 2025. Continue reading Story of the Year: global IT outages and supply chain attacks

Advanced threat predictions for 2025

Kaspersky’s Global Research and Analysis Team monitors over 900 APT (Advanced Persistent Threat) groups and operations. In this piece of KSB series, we review the advanced threat trends from the past year and offer insights into what we can expect in 2025. Continue reading Advanced threat predictions for 2025

Advanced threat predictions for 2025

Kaspersky’s Global Research and Analysis Team monitors over 900 APT (Advanced Persistent Threat) groups and operations. In this piece of KSB series, we review the advanced threat trends from the past year and offer insights into what we can expect in 2025. Continue reading Advanced threat predictions for 2025

New Supply Chain Attack “Revival Hijack” Risks Massive PyPI Takeovers

JFrog’s cybersecurity researchers have identified a new PyPI attack technique called “Revival Hijack,” which exploits package deletion policies. Over 22,000 packages are at risk, potentially impacting thousands of users. Stay informed! Continue reading New Supply Chain Attack “Revival Hijack” Risks Massive PyPI Takeovers

Assessing the Y, and How, of the XZ Utils incident

In this article we analyze social engineering aspects of the XZ backdoor incident. Namely pressuring the XZ maintainer to pass on the project to Jia Cheong Tan, and then urging major downstream maintainers to commit the backdoored code to their projects. Continue reading Assessing the Y, and How, of the XZ Utils incident

XZ Utils Supply Chain Attack: A Threat Actor Spent Two Years to Implement a Linux Backdoor

Read about a supply chain attack that involves XZ Utils, a data compressor widely used in Linux systems, and learn how to protect from this threat. Continue reading XZ Utils Supply Chain Attack: A Threat Actor Spent Two Years to Implement a Linux Backdoor

IT threat evolution Q3 2023

Attacks on a critical infrastructure target in South Africa, supply-chain attack on Linux machines, Telegram doppelganger used to target people in China. Continue reading IT threat evolution Q3 2023

Advanced threat predictions for 2024

Kaspersky researchers review APT predictions for 2023 and current trends in the advanced threat landscape, and try to predict how it will develop in 2024. Continue reading Advanced threat predictions for 2024

Free Download Manager backdoored – a possible supply chain attack on Linux machines

Kaspersky researchers analyzed a Linux backdoor disguised as Free Download Manager software that remained under the radar for at least three years. Continue reading Free Download Manager backdoored – a possible supply chain attack on Linux machines