Platinum

Pierluigi Paganini November 09, 2019
The Platinum APT group adds the Titanium backdoor to its arsenal

Kaspersky researchers have found a new advanced backdoor used by the Platinum advanced persistent threat (APT) group in attacks in the wild. Security experts at Kaspersky Lab have spotted a new backdoor, tracked as Titanium, that was used by the Platinum APT group in attacks in the wild, the malicious code implements sophisticated evasion techniques. […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 06, 2019
Platinum APT and leverages steganography to hide C2 communications

The Platinum cyber espionage group uses steganographic technique to hide communications with the Command and Control Servers  (C&C). Experts from Kaspersky have linked the Platinum APT group with cyber attacks involving an elaborate, and new steganographic technique used to hide communications with C2 servers. The APT group was discovered by Microsoft in 2016, it targeted organizations […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 09, 2017
Platinum hackers leverages Intel Active Management tools to bypass Windows firewall

The PLATINUM hacker group has developed a system leveraging Intel Active Management Technology (AMT) to bypass the Windows firewall. Microsoft is warning users of a new attack that leverage Intel’s Active Management Technology to evade firewalls and other endpoint-based network monitoring. The technique has been already used by a threat actor in Southeast Asia dubbed […]