Introduction: Detect Cyber Attacks

“The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.” – Sherlock Holmes

Advanced persistent threat (APT)

One of the greatest fears of any security professional is undetected malicious activity on the network. Stealth is one of the primary tools attackers utilize and is how most malware behaves. An advanced persistent threat (APT) is malware that persists on a network to observe and report for an extended period without notice.

Note: An interesting definition of APT ...