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Cybereason in the news: Kovter malware upgrade takes it from mild to mean

Written by Fred O'Connor | Jun 3, 2016 8:54:27 PM

This week Cybereason Lab released research discussing how the group behind Kovter malware is upgrading this threat to carry out more malicious activity. These upgrades provide the hackers with complete control over high-valued corporate assets, which are later sold on the dark Web to nation-states, groups engaged in financial cyber crime or hacktivist gangs. We've seen this attack targeting the networks of some Fortune 500 companies.

In our latest research report, we dissect an attack that stood out for how quickly the hackers were able to prepare the asset for sale. Here's what SC Magazine had to say about this discovery.