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DHS aware of ongoing APT attacks on cloud service providers

Attacks most likely linked to APT10, a Chinese cyber-espionage group, also known as Red Apollo, Stone Panda, POTASSIUM, or MenuPass.

 

October 3rd, 2018  By Catalin Cimpanu

 

The US Department of Homeland Security has issued an alert today about “ongoing” cyber-attacks against managed service providers –a term used to describe online cloud-based services.

 

The DHS believes the attacks are being carried out by advanced persistent threats (APTs), a generic term used by the cyber-security industry to describe cyber-espionage and hacking units under the control and operating under the supervision of foreign governments.

 

The alert was released earlier today by the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT), an incident prevention and response organization part of the DHS’ National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC).

 

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