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Pierre Delcher Kaspersky Security Bulletin APT annual review: What the world’s threat actors got up to in 2020 We track the ongoing activities of more than 900 advanced threat actors. Here we try to focus on what we consider to be the most interesting trends and developments of the last 12 months. GReAT All posts Reports Sunburst backdoor – code overlaps with Kazuar While looking at the Sunburst backdoor, we discovered several features that overlap with a previously identified backdoor known as Kazuar. Our observations shows that Kazuar was used together with Turla tools during multiple breaches in past years. Lazarus covets COVID-19-related intelligence As the COVID-19 crisis grinds on, some threat actors are trying to speed up vaccine development by any means available. We have found evidence that the Lazarus group is going aft...