An Advanced Persistent Threat Reality Check
Kelly Jackson Higgins at Darkreading notes that most victims of targeted attacks that originate from so-called advanced persistent threat (APT) attackers have been under siege for so long, by the time they discover it, forensics investigators can’t even trace the original machine that was infected. Prevention is often futile, so how you manage the aftermath of discovering an intrusion can make all the difference in proper remediation.
