“After TV2 revelaed last week that a Chinese military hacker group connected to Chinese government is behind cyber attacks against sensitive targets in Norway, National Security Authority deputy Eiliv Ofigsbø today said Norwegian companies have probably lost contracts because of computer espionage. According to Ofigsbo, at least 20 of these serious cyber attacks can be [...]
“The recent MiniDuke cyber attack could have been government backed and carried out by the intelligence services of a country. MiniDuke, which affected governments in several countries , including Romania’s, was most likely created by an entity which has the characteristics of a state, according to Romania’s Intelligence Service SRI. The cyber attack had an [...]
“German news magazine The Spiegel reported on Sunday that European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS) and German Industrial multinational conglomerate ThyssenKrupp, have fallen victim to recent cyber-exploitation attacks. A few months ago, an ‘extraordinary attack’ was launched against EADS, according to the report. The Company, however, has remained silent on the topic of any potential damage, [...]
“The Aspen Institute is the latest U.S. organization to see some of its e-mail accounts targeted in the purported wave of Chinese cyberattacks. Three of the institute’s estimated 350 e-mail accounts were broken into, said Trent Nichols, director of information technology and services for the think tank, which keeps its headquarters in Washington, D.C., and [...]
“A secretive branch of China’s military is most likely one of the world’s ‘most prolific cyber espionage groups’, a US cyber security firm has said. Mandiant said Unit 61398 was believed to have ‘systematically stolen hundreds of terabytes of data’ from at least 141 organisations around the world.” Source: BBC News – China military unit [...]
“IT security biz Bit9′s private digital certificates were copied by hackers and used to cryptographically sign malware to infect the company’s customers. The software-whitelisting firm’s certificates were swiped when its core systems were hacked last week. The intruders then signed malicious code and distributed it to the company’s corporate clients.” Source:Bit9 hacked after it forgot [...]
“The Federal Reserve has acknowledged that an outside party gained access to its website and a limited amount of data, raising questions about the central bank’s cyber-security measures.” Source:Hackers access Fed site, data – Feb. 6, 2013
In the past 48 hours: Hacks disclosed by Twitter, New York Times, and Wall Street Journal. Now allegations the Washington Post was also compromised. “The Washington Post was among several major U.S. newspapers that spent much of 2012 trying to untangle its newsroom computer networks from a Web of malicious software thought to have been [...]
“Hackers claimed a cyber attack on the Mexican defense ministry website on Wednesday, posting a manifesto from the Zapatista rebel group for two hours. The name of the group ‘Anonymous Mexico’ was visible on the website in front of a black background, with phrases from the manifesto of the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN).” Source: [...]
“A computer virus attacked a turbine control system at a U.S. power company last fall when a technician unknowingly inserted an infected USB computer drive into the network, keeping a plant off line for three weeks, according to a report posted on a U.S. government website.” Source: UPDATE 1-Malicious virus shuttered U.S. power plant -DHS [...]
