Advanced Persistent Threats not so advanced anymore, researchers find

Advanced Persistent Threats not so advanced anymore, researchers find
by Adam Greenberg
 
The classic Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) – a moniker traditionally given to months or years-long cyber attacks against specifically targeted organizations – is not so advanced anymore, according to researchers with Imperva.
In a Tuesday report, aptly titled “The Non-Advanced Persistent Threat,” Imperva experts explored how compromising sensitive and confidential data in recent APTs is more efficient and streamlined, as opposed to elaborate, sophisticated and lengthy.
In the study, Imperva researchers focused on how attackers can rather seamlessly escalate privileges in organizations and steal the data from file servers, Microsoft SharePoint, or database servers, all without using zero-day vulnerabilities and other advanced exploits.
 
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