Symantec on Tuesday disclosed the existence of a group of 50 to 100 top-rate hackers. Named “Hidden Lynx,” the group is an advanced persistent threat that has skills well ahead of similar organizations in the region, such as APT1, Symantec said. “The Hidden Lynx group is methodical in its approach and leverages zero days quickly, most recently affecting Internet Explorer and Java, and have used three zero-day vulnerabilities since 2011,” said Vikram Thakur, a researcher at Symantec Security Response.
It has been at least a decade since Symantec was a producer of leading edge security software. I'm not quite sure why anyone would pay attention to much of anything they have to say...
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Symantec Exposes Crackerjack Cybercriminal Group
Posted by: Richard Adhikari September 17, 2013 04:22 PMSymantec on Tuesday disclosed the existence of a group of 50 to 100 top-rate hackers. Named “Hidden Lynx,” the group is an advanced persistent threat that has skills well ahead of similar organizations in the region, such as APT1, Symantec said. “The Hidden Lynx group is methodical in its approach and leverages zero days quickly, most recently affecting Internet Explorer and Java, and have used three zero-day vulnerabilities since 2011,” said Vikram Thakur, a researcher at Symantec Security Response.