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An Approach for Detection of Advanced Persistent Threat Attacks

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Author(s)

Qingtian Zou, Xiaoyan Sun, Peng Liu, Anoop Singhal

Abstract

Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) campaigns employ sophisticated strategies and tactics to achieve their attack goal. The evolution of APT strategies and tactics compounds the challenge of detecting attack campaigns. This article introduces an approach whose purpose is to assist cybersecurity analysts in detecting such attacks.
Citation
IEEE Computer Magazine
Volume
53

Keywords

advanced persistent threat, cybersecurity, detection

Citation

Zou, Q. , Sun, X. , Liu, P. and Singhal, A. (2020), An Approach for Detection of Advanced Persistent Threat Attacks, IEEE Computer Magazine, [online], https://doi.org/10.1109/MC.2020.3021548, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=930774 (Accessed December 23, 2024)

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Created November 30, 2020, Updated October 12, 2021