{"id":31643,"date":"2018-04-16T11:31:41","date_gmt":"2018-04-16T03:31:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/?p=31643"},"modified":"2018-04-16T11:31:41","modified_gmt":"2018-04-16T03:31:41","slug":"asia-and-middle-east-a-hotbed-of-new-threat-actors-in-q1-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/2018\/04\/16\/asia-and-middle-east-a-hotbed-of-new-threat-actors-in-q1-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Asia and Middle East a hotbed of new threat actors in Q1 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

During the first three months of the year, Kaspersky Lab researchers discovered a wave of new APT activity based mainly in Asia \u2013 more than 30% of Q1 reports were dedicated to threat operations in this region. A peak of activity was also observed in the Middle East with a number of new techniques used by actors. These and other trends are covered in Kaspersky Lab\u2019s latest quarterly threat intelligence summary.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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In the first quarter of 2018, Kaspersky Lab researchers continued to detect cyber activities by advanced persistent threat (APT) groups speaking languages including Russian, Chinese, English and Korean, among others. And while some well-known actors didn\u2019t show any noteworthy activity, a rising number of APT operations and new threat actors were detected in the Asian region. This rise is explained in part by the Olympic Destroyer<\/a> malware attack on the Pyeongchang Olympic Games.<\/p>\n

Highlights in Q1, 2018 include:<\/p>\n