Kaspersky: From investigating a billion-dollar digital robbery and analyzing a digital spy team that used satellites to hide its traces, to investigating sophisticated malware that could disrupt an area's oil industry - and more This is the daily routine for over 40 experts who make up the Kaspersky Lab's Global Research and Analysts Team (GReAT).
To highlight the background and diversity of these fashionable "Sherlock Holmes," to show that the smartest minds solve the hardest digital puzzles and to encourage others to become fellow travelers in their travels, Kaspersky Lab presented the website Great in Person.
Demand for digital security experts is growing more and more in contrast to the number of people with the right skills, experience and interest. Five years from now, the 1,8 deficit of millions of professionals in the field of digital security is projected, which is partly due to the failure to "recruit" millennials in the field of Information Technology. Kaspersky Lab's new project will help tackle this obstacle: focusing on the people who make up the GReaT team and in some stories around their biggest revelations, hoping to challenge the outdated perceptions of people's careers and lives who work for security in the IT sector.
The Global Research and Analysis Team is one of its most important assets companyς που περιλαμβάνουν κορυφαίους researchers security experts who constantly analyze new and sophisticated digital threats and develop protection solutions for all Kaspersky Lab customers and partners. Founded in 2008, the team now consists of 42 specialists working worldwide – Europe, Russia, America, Asia, Middle East.
In recent years, the combination of expertise and passion of the GReAT team has led to the discovery of some of the most important targeted attacks, including: Miniduke, Flame, Equation, Red October, Duqu 2.0, CozyDuke, ProjectSauron and Regin. Implementing this type of attack costs millions of dollars and requires months of growth. Governments, army, scientific, commercial and industrial organizations are all at risk. They are targeting because they are who they are, being where they are, doing what they do or who they are doing.
"The global landscape of digital threats is complex and includes not only digital criminals seeking economic gain, but also nation-states and hactivists. At first, campaigns that seemed to be isolated incidents - for example, the bank robbery in Bangladesh - were just the icing on the cake. Hundreds, if not thousands, of unknown attacks take place at any given time. "Predators never sleep - so neither do threat hunters," explains Costin Raiu, director of GReAT, his team's "hunger" for new discoveries.
GReAT experts currently monitor more than one hundred threat agencies, but also sophisticated malicious actions targeting commercial and governmental organizations in more than 80 countries. After the survey, the company's experts created reports that help organizations hunt for malicious software by providing them with forensic data.
Several of the investigations undertaken by Kaspersky Lab turned into joint operations between GReAT and global organizations such as INTERPOL and Europol, national and regional police authorities such as the City of London Police and the National High Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) of the Netherlands police service, while several global groups such as Computer Emergency Response Teams (CERTs) also helped. During the investigations, οι ερευνητές της εταιρείας παρείχαν την τεχνική τους εξειδίκευση σε θέματα που αφορούσαν την ανάλυση κακόβουλων προγραμμάτων, την υποστήριξη στη management and control of infrastructure and exploitation methods.
"I may be a manager, but in fact I am still a security researcher. I'm still moving from the need to get there first, before anyone else. My personal field of interest includes APT attacks, exploits, complex threats, and almost anything that is popular at any given time, "added Costin Raiu.
The GReAT in Person website is an introduction to, but also a gateway to, the company's Threat Information Services, designed to respond to the more frequent demands of large corporations, government agencies, and law enforcement agencies involved in digital crime.
It is now clear that organizations need much more than simple endpoint protection Appliances them to stay secure in the increasingly complex and ever-evolving digital threat landscape. That is why Kaspersky Lab has introduced a service Reporting Report for APT Attacks (PDF), which provides customized reports on specific aspects of the threat landscape, as well as direct, dramatic reports of the latest and most advanced threats. They argue the organizations with an understanding of the scene of the threats and reveal the actions they need to take.
Also, GReAT supports one Digital Security Training (PDF) including a workforce awareness program, as well as training in Basic Digital Security Principles, Digital Crime Information, Malware Analysis / Reverse Engineering.
