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With the doors wide open: yet another Sony megahack

Sony Pictures Entertainment fell victim to a massive hack. Attackers used destructive malware to bring SPE networks down, while stealing up to 11 TB of data, which included both trade secrets, yellow press fodder, passwords to social networks accounts, and a lot of private information.

BlackEnergy 2: a good set or bad deeds

Securelist has published extensive research on BlackEnergy. Initially a DDoS crimeware, it turned into a huge collection of various tools currently used in various APT-type activities, including some “significant geopolitical operations”.

The dark story of Darkhotel

Kaspersky Lab has just announced the discovery of an alarming APT campaign codenamed “Darkhotel,” targeted mainly at business executives staying at certain hotels in Asia. Luxury hotels offer not just places to stay, but also comfort and privacy. However, their cybersecurity occasionally fails.