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MiniDuke Has Targeted Government Organisations in as Many as 23 Countries
Mar 1, 2013A cyber espionage operation dubbed MiniDuke has targeted government organisations in as many as 23 countries, security vendors said on Wednesday. The malware uses well-crafted PDF documents to trick recipients into opening the malicious ...
Tags: MiniDuke, Malware, Governments
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Adobe Would Release an Emergency Patch for Two Reader Zero-Day Vulnerabilities
Feb 20, 2013Adobe on Saturday said it would release an emergency patch for two Reader zero-day vulnerabilities this week. Hackers have already been exploiting the bugs using rigged PDF documents sent as email attachments. "Adobe plans to make ...
Tags: Adobe, Windows, viewing software
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Bypasses The Sandbox Anti-Exploitation Protection in Adobe Reader Is Highly Sophisticated
Feb 18, 2013A recently found exploit that bypasses the sandbox anti-exploitation protection in Adobe Reader 10 and 11 is highly sophisticated and is probably part of an important cyberespionage operation, the head of the malware analysis team at ...
Tags: Adobe Reader, anti-exploitation protection, Adobe Reader Sandbox
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The Sandbox Anti-Exploitation Protection Is Part of an Important Cyber Espionage Operation
Feb 18, 2013The head of the malware analysis team at antivirus vendor Kaspersky said last week that a recently found exploit that bypasses the sandbox anti-exploitation protection in Adobe Reader 10 and 11 is highly sophisticated and probably part of ...
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A New Report Shows The Number of Cyber Attacks Growing Dramatically From China
Jan 29, 2013As the Senate prepares to take another stab at passing a comprehensive cyber security bill, a new report shows the number of cyber attacks growing dramatically from China. China has accounted for the largest percentage of attacks since ...
Tags: Senate, cyber security bill, cyber attacks
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Cyber Criminals Have Moved Beyond The Traditional PC, Even The Mac OS X with New Attacks
Jan 29, 2013Cyber criminals have moved beyond the traditional PC, targeting Android, social media and even the Mac OS X with new attacks, according to Trend Micro’s 2012 Annual Roundup and Mobile Security reports. Malware targeting Android alone ...
Tags: cyber criminals, traditional PC, Android, social media
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Cyber Attacks on U.S. Banks Reflect a Frightening New Era in Cyber Warfare
Jan 15, 2013Cyber attacks on U.S. banks over the last several months reflect a frightening new era in cyber warfare, according to security expert Darren Hayes, who says that corporations are unprepared to battle such attacks because of a shortage of ...
Tags: cyber attacks, U.S.banks, DDoS Bank
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A New Flame and Stuxnet-Related Cyber-Threat,Is Targeting Users in The Middle East
Dec 31, 2012A new Flame and Stuxnet-related cyber-threat,dubbed Gauss,is targeting users in the Middle East,security researchers have revealed. Gauss is a complex,state-sponsored cyber-espionage toolkit with online banking Trojan functionality not ...
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Symantec Had Spotted Another Odd Piece of Malware
Dec 28, 2012Symantec had spotted another odd piece of malware that appears to be targeting Iran and is designed to meddle with SQL databases. The company discovered the malware, called W32.Narilam, on Nov. 15 but on Friday published a more detailed ...
Tags: Symantec, odd piece, malware, SQL databases
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Malware Attacks Seem to Be Evolving
Dec 28, 2012Malware attacks seem to be evolving. The traditional viruses, Trojan horses, botnets and phishing attacks are still a threat, but the next generation malware takes insidious to a whole new level. Thankfully, theres a silver lining as well. ...
Tags: Malware, attacks, traditional viruses, Trojan horses, botnets
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10 Articles Illustrate Some of Key Challenges and Strategies Around Information Security
Dec 28, 2012Enterprise IT security professionals faced increasingly sophisticated, stealthy and dynamic threats in 2012, but numerous surveys revealed that knowledge and understanding of the latest attack techniques are lacking in many organisations. ...
Tags: IT security, user security awareness, IT industry, cyber
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Two Security Organizations Have Released Online Tools
Dec 26, 2012Computerworld - Two security organizations have released online tools that let Windows users check for possible infections by Gauss, the newly-revealed cyber surveillance malware thought to have been built by one or more governments. ...
Tags: security organization, online tools, Windows, cyber surveillance
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Kaspersky Lab Is Developing a Secure Operating System for Industrial Control Systems
Dec 25, 2012Russian security firm Kaspersky Lab is developing a secure operating system for industrial control systems, its chairman and CEO Eugene Kaspersky said on Tuesday. "Quite a few rumors about this project have appeared already on the ...
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Saudi Aramco Claims to Be Over a Cyber Attack&Maintains Oil Production Was Not Disrupted
Dec 24, 2012International oil company Saudi Aramco claims to be over a cyber attack on 15 August and maintains that oil production was not disrupted. The company said around 30,000 workstation computers that were hit by a virus attack are back ...
Tags: International oil company, Saudi Aramco, cyber attack, oil production
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A Sophisticated Cyber Surveillance Tool Was Probably Built Bythe Auspices of a Government
Dec 24, 2012A sophisticated cyber surveillance tool that monitors financial transactions with Middle Eastern banks was probably built by or under the auspices of a government, security researchers said today. Early Thursday, Moscow-based Kaspersky ...
Tags: cyber, financial transactions, Middle Eastern, banks, security