Ongoing Attacks Target Defense, Aerospace Industries 77
Gunkerty Jeb writes "Researchers have identified a strain of malware that's being used in a string of targeted attacks against defense contractors, government agencies and other organizations by leveraging exploits against zero-day vulnerabilities. The attacks may have been going on since 2009 in some form and the emails containing the malicious attachments are specifically targeted at executives and officials in various industries using fake conference invitations. The attack campaign, as many do, appears to be changing frequently, as the attackers use different binaries and change up their patterns for connecting to remote command-and-control servers. The research, done by Seculert and Zscaler, shows that the attackers are patient, taking the time to dig up some information about their potential targets, and are carefully choosing organizations that have high-value intellectual property and assets (PDF)."
Re:Cyber-Defense (Score:3, Funny)
Looks like we need to step it up a cyber-notch.
FTFY
A day in the life of a defense executive... (Score:5, Funny)
Hmmm.... I don't remember having a conference call with a Nigerian prince. Maybe he wants to by a lot of defense equipment. Awesome!
Re:I'd feel bad but... (Score:1, Funny)
"You get a mail from the outside that says to send some blueprints to an email address"
I don't think you understand what is going on here. Please come back later.
It's nothing like that
Re:Cyber-Defense (Score:4, Funny)
Looks like we need to step it up a bit.
FTFY
FTFFY