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. Nils Gilman, an author and entrepreneur, details the common themes and techniques that connect the actors in the illicit economies around the world, including the malware and botnet economies. Join thousands of people who receive the latest breaking cybersecurity news every day at Threatpost.com.
Source: https://threatpost.com/global-illicit-economy-090809/73022/