Dark Reading: Move Over, APTs -- The RAM-Based Advanced Volatile Threat Is Spinning Up Fast

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By attacking random access memory, AVT creators make their exploits less persistent -- and harder to detect

Feb 22, 2013
By Tim Wilson

For security pros, the advanced persistent threat (APT) has become a term as everyday as virus or Trojan horse. But as defenders become increasingly wise to the APT, experts say, attackers are now trying a new approach: the advanced volatile threat (AVT).

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