Researchers have spotted notable code overlap between the Sunburst backdoor and a known Turla weapon. Researchers at Recorded Future report a rise in cracked Cobalt Strike and other open-source adversarial tools with easy-to-use interfaces. The bad news is these attacks almost always are successful and undetectable until it s too late. Researchers say recent attacks on Google, Adobe, and other companies have been successful but are still not discovered until it’s too late in the process. The report sheds light on the steps ultra-sophisticated attackers take to gain a foothold inside government networks and remain entrenched.
Source: https://threatpost.com/anatomy-targeted-persistent-attack-012810/73441/