Kaspersky Lab Launches Cyber Threat Logbook Project

Kaspersky Lab recently launched its interactive targeted cyberattacks logbook project to help users understand the correlations and relationships between major targeted attacks. The project is expected to give users additional insight into some of the most infamous cyberattacks on record so they can protect themselves from future attacks.

Kaspersky’s targeted cyberattacks logbook contains research on 29 major targeted attacks, including high-profile campaigns such as Regin, Darkhotel and Cloud Atlas, according to the announcement. Kaspersky said its new service will allow users to view links between threats as well as insight into specific trends and behavioral patterns for campaigns within the database.

“Four years ago we could regard targeted cyber campaigns as one-offs, but now we are investigating more and more of these incidents every year. They are no longer unique events; they have found a special niche in the world of cyberthreat and demand special attention,” said Alexander Gostev, chief security expert at Kaspersky Lab, in a statement. “In 2014 alone, we recorded more than 4,400 victims of targeted attacks on the corporate sector.”

Users can also look into the geography of certain infections, the ways in which malware was spread, and other special features from each attack. Infections are displayed visually as ships, with size of each vessel indicating the size and duration of individual campaigns. Additionally, users can filter attacks by categories to isolate information on specific threats and attack patterns.

In September, Kaspersky released a survey showing that IT professionals in the financial services and healthcare sectors are more likely to struggle with virtualization security concerns than professionals in any other vertical.