Advanced Persistent Threats are the long‑con artists of threat actors—patient, well‑funded, and perfectly willing to spend months mapping your environment before stealing R&D, draining bank accounts, or planting a backdoor for future sabotage. This guide explains how APT crews operate, the business damage they cause, and the layered defenses that deny them a permanent seat inside your network.
What is an Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) and How Does It Impact Your Business?
Learn the anatomy and examples of advanced persistent threats and see why nation‑state groups like APT29 and APT41 quietly infiltrate companies for espionage, financial gain, or outright sabotage.
How to Prevent Advanced Persistent Threat Attacks
From aggressive patching and network segmentation to 24/7 threat hunting, get up to speed on the practical moves that turn your environment into hostile territory for stealthy intruders.
Threat hunters at Huntress recently discovered an intrusion on a Vietnamese human rights defender’s machine which is suspected to have been ongoing for at least four years. This post highlights just how far advanced threats will go for information gathering purposes when it aligns with their strategic interests.
Being dialed into cyber threats is like bracing for a storm you know is coming, but instead of rain, it’s malware, phishing scams, and ransomware pouring down. Cyber threats aren’t just hitting big enterprises or government systems anymore. Businesses and organizations of every size and industry vertical are in the crosshairs of shady hackers.
When adversaries attack, you need to be ready—and the right response plan can make or break how you handle cyber incidents. You may have a basic IR plan you created somewhere along the way, but how frequently should this be updated? Are you discussing your plan with your clients as part of an annual review? Does your team know who to call first when a security event occurs?
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