Alexey Antonov

Aug 9, 2024 | businesstoday.com.my | Alexey Antonov

By: Alexey AntonovThe rapid proliferation of advanced AI systems in the public domain has resulted in widespread usage by individuals and businesses. These systems are exceptionally adaptable to various tasks, including content generation and code creation through natural language prompts. However, this accessibility has opened the door for threat actors to use AI for sophisticated attacks.

Jul 8, 2024 | securelist.com | Sergey Lozhkin |Alexey Antonov |Kaspersky ICS CERT |Georgy Kiguradze

In May 2024, we discovered a new advanced persistent threat (APT) targeting Russian government entities that we dubbed CloudSorcerer. It’s a sophisticated cyberespionage tool used for stealth monitoring, data collection, and exfiltration via Microsoft Graph, Yandex Cloud, and Dropbox cloud infrastructure. The malware leverages cloud resources as its command and control (C2) servers, accessing them through APIs using authentication tokens.

Jun 24, 2024 | securelist.lat | Alexey Antonov |Anton Kivva |David Emm |Eduardo Ovalle

La potencia de cálculo de las computadoras no cesa de aumentar, lo que permite a los usuarios resolver tareas cada vez más complejas con mayor rapidez. Esto lleva, entre otras cosas, a que contraseñas que hace unos años eran imposibles de descifrar, hoy en 2024, los atacantes logren descifrarlas en cuestión de segundos.

Jun 19, 2024 | kaspersky.com | Alanna Titterington |Alexey Antonov |Stan Kaminsky

A security researcher known as mr.d0x has published a post detailing a new technique that can be used for phishing and potentially other malicious activities. The technique exploits so-called progressive web apps (PWAs). In this post, we discuss what these applications are, why they can be dangerous, how attackers can use them for their own purposes, and how to [placeholder Kaspersky Premium]protect yourself[/placeholder] against this threat. What are progressive web apps?

Jun 18, 2024 | securelist.com | Alexey Antonov |Olga Svistunova |Anton Kivva |David Emm

The processing power of computers keeps growing, helping users to solve increasingly complex problems faster. A side effect is that passwords that were impossible to guess just a few years ago can be cracked by hackers within mere seconds in 2024. For example, the RTX 4090 GPU is capable of guessing an eight-character password consisting of same-case English letters and digits, or 36 combinable characters, within just 17 seconds.