Advanced persistent threat (APT) attacks were once mainly a concern for large corporations in industries that presented cyberespionage interest. That’s no longer the case and over the past year in particular, the number of such state-sponsored attacks against small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) has increased significantly.
Cybersecurity firm Proofpoint analyzed its telemetry data more than 200,000 SMB customers over the past year and saw a rise in phishing campaigns originating from APT groups, particularly those serving Russian, Iranian, and North Korean interests. The end goal of the attacks varied from espionage and intellectual property theft to destructive actions, financial theft, and disinformation campaigns. SMBs are compromised so that attackers can impersonate them in other attacks and abuse their infrastructure.
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