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The Website of a U.S. Organisation Specialising Was Compromised with Malware
Nov 19, 2013The website of a U.S. organisation specialising in national and international security policy was compromised with malware that targeted a previously unknown vulnerability in Internet Explorer. A nation-state looking to compromise the ...
Tags: Nation-state, attack, IE, flaw
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Cyber Attacks on Container Ships and Port Infrastructure Will Get More Sophisticated
Oct 23, 2013Cyber attacks on container ships and port infrastructure will get more sophisticated as time goes on and companies should be doing more to protect their supply chain security. Maritime and IT security companies have raised their concerns ...
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Most People Would Put Jeff Garzik in The Former Camp
May 22, 2013With Bitcoin all the rage and startups popping up left and right, it's hard to know who's an expert in the virtual currency and who just has an opinion. Most people would put Jeff Garzik in the former camp. A Bitcoin core developer for ...
Tags: Bitcoin, Jeff Garzik, Computer Products
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Most People Assume, According to The Symantec EMEA CTO Greg Day
Mar 12, 2013The next world war could feature cyber attacks, but not in the way that most people assume, according to the Symantec EMEA CTO Greg Day. Analysis: The era of geopolitical cyber wars Police prevented from chasing cyber criminals from ...
Tags: Symantec CTO, cyber attack, cyber security
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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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Don't Work on The Solid-State Flash Memory Used in Mobile Phones
Feb 17, 2013Mailing your cellphone to a recycling company might make you a few pounds, but it can leave you at risk of identity theft. The deletion techniques recycling companies use are meant for hard discs, and so don't work on the solid-state flash ...
Tags: cellphone, deletion techniques, flash memory
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Chinese Malware Steals Industrial Secrets From US Companies Working in The Field of UAVs
Feb 7, 2013Security firm FireEye has claimed that a series of targeted malware attacks detected a year ago are almost certainly part of a Chinese campaign to steal industrial secrets from US companies working in the field of UAVs (Unmanned Aerial ...
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Enterprise Security Managers Have Yet Another Worry to Add to Their List
Feb 4, 2013Enterprise security managers have yet another worry to add to their list: cyberwarfare attacks. Now, in addition to guarding against targeted attacks from cybercriminals and activists, enterprise security managers must increasingly guard ...
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The Governments, Military Were Not Only Attacked Using Malicious Excel and Word Documents
Jan 17, 2013The hundreds of ctargeted in a large-scale cyberespionage operation dubbed Red October were not only attacked using malicious Excel and Word documents as previously believed, but also by using Web-based Java exploits, according to ...
Tags: cyberespionage, Red October Cyberespionage Attacks, cyber security
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Kaspersky Researchers Started Investigating The Ongoing Operation
Jan 16, 2013Unidentified attackers stole sensitive information from hundreds of diplomatic, government, research and military organizations from around the world as part of a newly uncovered cyberespionage campaign that started nearly six years ago. ...
Tags: attackers, sensitive information, cyberespionage campaign
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Red October Steals Confidential Data From Private Industry,Government and Organisations
Jan 16, 2013A cyber espionage network has been allowed to flourish in Eastern Europe, former Soviet republics and Central Asian countries since 2007, security firm Kaspersky Lab reported this week. The group, called Red October, has been stealing ...
Tags: cyber, espionage network, Eastern Europe
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Kaspersky Released an Analysis on SecureList
Jan 15, 2013A major cyber-attack that steals encrypted files, believed to have been targeted at embassies, nuclear research centres and energy organisations, has been uncovered by anti-virus software vendor Kaspersky. The company claims that it has ...
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Cyber-Attack Has Been Targeted at Embassies, Nuclear Research Centres
Jan 15, 2013A major cyber-attack that steals encrypted files, believed to have been targeted at embassies, nuclear research centres and energy organisations, has been uncovered by anti-virus software vendor Kaspersky. The company claims that it ...
Tags: cyber attack, software, Kaspersky
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The Third in a Series of Interviews with C-Level Executives Responsible for Cyber Security
Dec 26, 2012This is the third in a series of interviews with C-level executives responsible for cyber security and privacy in business and government, who also happen to be thought leaders. (Remember, as I mentioned previously, "C-level executive" and ...
Tags: interviews, cyber security, privacy, business, government, web security
