A comprehensive survey of advanced persistent threat attribution: Taxonomy, methods, challenges and open research problems

N Rani, B Saha, SK Shukla - arXiv preprint arXiv:2409.11415, 2024 - arxiv.org
Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) attribution is a critical challenge in cybersecurity and
implies the process of accurately identifying the perpetrators behind sophisticated cyber …

APT-MMF: An advanced persistent threat actor attribution method based on multimodal and multilevel feature fusion

N Xiao, B Lang, T Wang, Y Chen - Computers & Security, 2024 - Elsevier
Threat actor attribution is a crucial defense strategy for combating advanced persistent
threats (APTs). Cyber threat intelligence (CTI), which involves analyzing multisource …

[HTML][HTML] APT-scope: A novel framework to predict advanced persistent threat groups from enriched heterogeneous information network of cyber threat intelligence

B Gulbay, M Demirci - … Science and Technology, an International Journal, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Addressing the expanding Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) landscape is crucial
for governments, enterprises and threat intelligence research groups. While defenders often …

A Cascade Approach for APT Campaign Attribution in System Event Logs: Technique Hunting and Subgraph Matching

YT Huang, YR Guo, GW Wong, MC Chen - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
As Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) grow increasingly sophisticated, the demand for
effective detection methods has intensified. This study addresses the challenge of identifying …

ADAPT it! Automating APT Campaign and Group Attribution by Leveraging and Linking Heterogeneous Files

A Saha, J Blasco, L Cavallaro, M Lindorfer - Proceedings of the 27th …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Recent years have witnessed a surge in the growth of Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs),
with significant challenges to the security landscape, affecting industry, governance, and …

APTracker: A Comprehensive and Analytical Malware Dataset, Based on Attribution to APT Groups

ME Mazaheri, A Shameli-Sendi - IEEE Access, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Malware poses a significant threat to organizations, necessitating robust countermeasures.
One such measure involves attributing malware to its respective Advanced Persistent Threat …

Chasing the Shadows: TTPs in Action to Attribute Advanced Persistent Threats

N Rani, B Saha, V Maurya, SK Shukla - arXiv preprint arXiv:2409.16400, 2024 - arxiv.org
The current state of Advanced Persistent Threats (APT) attribution primarily relies on time-
consuming manual processes. These include mapping incident artifacts onto threat …