An Iranian cyber-espionage group posed as one of the cyber-security firms that identified its previous hacking efforts in a failed spearphishing attempt. The group copied the Israeli companies official website using a similar domain. The fake website was found while still under development, and was ...
In 2008, I wrote and essay entitled “The Year of Living Cyberdangerously” in which I noted that I couldn’t “help but think that 2009 will be a precipice year in the cybersecurity domain.” My gut instinct was right, in that 2009 brought us the Aurora attacks and the popularization of Via OO...
By Bob Gourley Michael Riley and Jordan Robertson published an important piece for Bloomberg news titled: UglyGorilla Hack of U.S. Utility Exposes Cyberwar Threat This well researched piece provides context on the threat I believe all technologists should understand. In fact, it is so important, I t...
By ShannonPerry Throughout 2012, Iran targeted United States banks and companies with a series of distributed denial-of-services cyber attacks. The attacks doubled and sometimes tripled the amount of traffic that the American websites were capable of handling. Many considered the attacks retaliation...
By Jose Nazario Wow, what a month. Two big stories to note: USCC is seeking to grow over 5x to 4900 people, and the NYTimes (and WSJ it seems) have been hacked, purportedly by the Chinese over their China coverage. In other news, a new discovery of the ‘Red October’ campaign filled the h...
By Jose Nazario Happy New Year everyone. Obviously the biggest news in December, 2012, was the CFR hack over the Christmas break. It utilized an IE7 0day. The second biggest newsmaker was the announcement by the DOJ to indict foreign entities for state sponsored attacks. Iran is making claims of ano...
“Stuxnet, a sophisticated computer virus created by the United States and Israel, to spy on and attack Iran’s nuclear enrichment facilities in Natanz also infected Chevron ’s network in 2010, shortly after it escaped from its intended target. Chevron found Stuxnet in its systems after the ...
By SeanLawson This is the headline that should have been affixed to the New York Times’ most recent story about supposed Iranian cyber attacks against oil and natural gas companies in Saudi Arabia and Qatar, as well as banks in the United States. In fact, it is the most appropriate headline for pr...