From: DarkReading
Researchers who track nation-state groups say open-source hacking tools increasingly are becoming part of the APT attack arsenal.
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Meyers says not only are these groups using open-source hacking tools for obfuscation, but they’re also using them to fill gaps in their own toolsheds or as a phase-one attack tool. “Some actors are using this as Phase One” for recon, and then executing their own custom tools for the next phases of the attack, he says. “Their [custom] implants are for collecting and pulling data and long-term continuous monitoring,” of the target, he says.
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