APT group stands for Advanced Persistent Threat group , describing a non-opportunistic group breaching organizations in a strategic, long-term manner with clear objectives. In addition, they will not easily be deterred in their actions until they have achieved what they set out to do. The following graphic provides a brief explanation of each term.
In simple words, APTs are the “cyber hulks” out there and totally differ from the opportunistic threat actors who, for example, are only looking to steal some credit card data for short term gain.
Moreover, an APT is never just a random piece of malware even though they do sometimes use sophisticated self-made software for their attacks. APTs are dangerous because of the people behind the operation – those who plan and run the APT campaigns and control the tools.
Thus, we create cyber threat intelligence reports that describe the members of Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) groups, how they work and how to recognize their tactics, techniques and procedures. Thus, we create these reports by analyzing different set of attacks conducted using spear phishing campaigns or different set malwares, etc. on an organization or an individual from cyber threat actors working privately or funded from rival organizations or being state funded.
With access to such details cyber security experts can build better defenses against these APT groups and advanced cyber attacks.