FireEye Identifies Prolific Chinese Cyber Threat Group
August 07 2019 - 08:00AM
Business Wire
APT41 – a dual espionage and cyber crime threat
actor – is responsible for targeted operations against
organizations in 15 jurisdictions, across multiple industries
including healthcare, gaming, high-tech and the media.
Black Hat USA Conference – FireEye, Inc. (NASDAQ: FEYE),
the intelligence-led security company, today released the details
of its newly named Advanced Persistent Threat group – APT41.
“APT41 is unique among the China-nexus actors we track in that
it uses tools typically reserved for espionage campaigns in what
appears to be activity for personal gain. They are as agile as they
are skilled and well-resourced,” said Sandra Joyce, SVP of Global
Threat Intelligence at FireEye. “Their aggressive and persistent
operations for both espionage and cyber crime purposes distinguish
APT41 from other adversaries and make them a major threat across
multiple industries.”
APT41: A Double Threat, Worldwide
APT41 activity spans across 15 jurisdictions and more than seven
years, targeting industries such as healthcare, high-tech,
telecommunications, higher education, video gaming, travel, and
even news organizations.
FireEye has observed individual members of APT41 conducting
primarily financially motivated operations since 2012 before
expanding into likely state-sponsored activity. Evidence suggests
that these two motivations were balanced concurrently from 2014
onward. To date, organizations have been targeted in the following
locations: France, India, Italy, Japan, Myanmar, the Netherlands,
Singapore, South Korea, South Africa, Switzerland, Thailand,
Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Hong Kong.
Tactics are shared between espionage and financial motivated
operations:
- Espionage campaigns have targeted healthcare (medical
devices and diagnostics), high-tech, and telecommunications with
the purpose of collecting strategic intelligence, or as seen in the
past, the theft of intellectual property.
- Financially motivated cyber crime intrusions are most
apparent among video game industry targeting, including the
manipulation of virtual currencies, and ransomware deployment
attempts.
APT41 Resources:
- Read the detailed blog post:
https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2019/08/apt41-dual-espionage-and-cyber-crime-operation.html
- Download the full report:
http://content.fireeye.com/apt41/rpt-apt41
- Register for the dedicated August 29 webinar:
https://www.brighttalk.com/webcast/7451/366611
Interested in speaking with FireEye experts about the modern
security environment, trends, and what’s new in stopping the
latest, most dangerous threats? Come visit FireEye during Black Hat
USA at booth #504.
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