Large-Scale Water Holing Attack Campaigns Hitting Key Targets

A new APT-style espionage campaign launched this summer targeting organizations tied to financial services, government agencies and the defense industry used a technique dubbed water holing to entice victims and silently redirect them to sites hosting zero-day exploits. Researchers at RSA Securit...

Operation Aurora - Other Zero-Day Attacks targeting finance and Energy

The infamous Aurora Trojan horse is just one of many attacks launched by the same group of malware authors over the past three years, according to researchers at Symantec. Security researchers with Symantec have issued a report outlining the techniques used by the so-called "Edgewood" hacking...

'Elderwood' Crew, Tied to Google Aurora Attack, Targeting Defense, Energy, Finance Companies

UPDATE–The same team that attacked Google in the Aurora campaign in 2009 is still active and has been conducting a long-term campaign targeting defense contractors, financial services companies, energy companies, human rights organizations and government agencies using a seemingly inexhaustible...

Free Configuration Check Tool by eEye Digital Security

Free Configuration Check Tool by eEye Digital Security eEye Digital Security, the industry's leading innovator of threat management solutions, just released new research, "Working Toward Configuration Best Practices" . Findings verify that proper configuration and mitigations remain the most...

Aurora WebOPAC SQL Injection - Security Advisory - SOS-12-004

Sense of Security - Security Advisory - SOS-12-004 Release Date. 12-Mar-2012 Last Update. - Vendor Notification Date. 24-Nov-2011 Product. Aurora WebOPAC Platform. Independent Affected versions. 3.5.0e, 3.4.6a, 3.5.3, 3.5.0i, 3.4.7b, 3.5.2.2, 3.4.7b, possibly others Severity Rating. High Impact...

"Cyber China", from Operation Aurora to China Cyber Attacks Syndrome

"Cyber China", from Operation Aurora to China Cyber Attacks Syndrome Security Expert, from Security Affairs - Pierluigi Paganini takes us on a visit to China via The Hacker News January Edition Magazine Article and makes us wonder just how influential China's hacking is on world internet security...

China Propaganda Film Reveals Military Hacks Of Political Targets

It’s no secret that China is a major source of attacks on governments and political groups and individuals. However, it’s been harder to prove that the Chinese government and military is directly involved in such attacks. At least until now. According to this report on the Website...

HBGary E-mails: DuPont, Other Firms Hit In Aurora Attack

Emails unearthed by the HBGary hack reveal that Chinese hackers compromised the networks of chemical company, DuPont, and more than a dozen others high profile Western firms in late 2009 as part of a wide-scale hack since dubbed “Operation Aurora.” The revelations, gleaned from leaked e-mail,...

Report: French Ministry of Finance Confirms Hack

The French Ministry of Finance has confirmed a report in a French Magazine on Monday that a widespread hack of computers on its networks occurred. The hack, of over 150 MOF machines has been traced to computers in China and appears to have targeted documents that outline France and the G20’s...

As Tension Mounts, LinkedIn Knocked Offline in China

Business social-networking site LinkedIn has been unavailable in some parts of China since Thursday, suggesting it may have fallen victim to the country’s increased crackdown on online discussion sites. Pings sent to LinkedIn.com from the Chinese cities of Shanghai and Beijing weren’t returned wh...

The Lesson of Stuxnet and Aurora: Get Back to Basics or Get Owned

SAN FRANCISCO–It’s often said that after decades of work and technological advances, the security industry hasn’t actually solved any problems or made things any better. But that’s not entirely true. The industry has in fact perfected the art of exploiting the scare ’em and snare ’em,...

Of Night Dragons and Silver Bullets

Reading the headlines today one could not help but notice the latest installment of “scary Chinese hacker press” making the headlines. And who can blame the news media for latching on to this story as it has all the right ingredients: foreign governments targeting U.S. interests, catchy nicknames...

U.S. Needs Cybersecurity Skunk Works, Expert Says

ARLINGTON, VA–In order to address the fundamental questions surrounding the concept of cyberwar and what it might mean for both the government and the enterprise, the United States should develop a skunk works-type think tank comprising highly skilled private-sector security experts as well as...

China Sleeps On A Stuxnet-Like SCADA Bug

One of the most widely used SCADA supervisory control and data acquisition applications in China may be harboring a critical security vulnerability that could allow an attacker to exploit the bug and execute arbitrary code. The hole was discovered in an application produced by Wellintech, a Beiji...

PandaLabs Releases : Annual Report 2010 (Must Read) !

In 2010, cyber-criminals have created and distributed a third of all existing viruses. That is, in just 12 months, they have created 34 percent of all malware that has ever existed and has been classified by the company. Furthermore, the Collective Intelligence system, which automatically detects...

Week in Security: Wikileaks Extravaganza, New Ransomware and Open-Source Attacks

It was difficult to go anywhere this week without hearing about the flurry of activity surrounding the Wikileaks data dump. A slew of denial-of-service attacks followed soon after, while new ransomware and attacks on open-source software filled out the rest of the week’s news. Read on for the wee...

WikiLeaks Confirms China's Responsibility for Aurora Attacks

It is being reported that WikiLeaks latest release of 250,000 diplomatic cables confirms the suspicion that China was responsible for the Aurora attacks on Google’s computer systems in January. Both Google and the State Department initially believed China was responsible for the attacks, but the...

Expert Warns: Cyber Crime Now Operates Like Legitimate Businesses

Today's cybercrime has far-reaching implications for security professionals. Corporate environments are increasingly targeted, with intellectual property becoming a primary focus for criminal activity. According to Uri Rivner, head of new technologies, identity protection, and verification at RSA...

Researchers: Google Aurora Attackers Back in Business?

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in your e-mail…Researchers say a new round of targeted attacks appear to come from the same group responsible for attacks against Google and other top U.S. firms. Writing on the Symantec Security blog...

Old and Insecure, IE6 Still Popular in the Enterprise

Conventional wisdom has it that Microsoft’s Internet Explorer Web browser is on the way out: succumbing to the death of thousand cuts administered by plucky rivals like Mozilla’s Firefox, Google’s Chrome and even Opera. But data from Web security firm zScaler shows that the Old Blue Lady of the W...