miniFlame - A New cyber espionage malware discovered

Kaspersky has discovered new malware dubbed 'miniFlame', cyber espionage software directly linked to Flame. This new nation-state espionage malware that has ties to two previous espionage tools known as Flame and Gauss, and that appears to be a "high-precision, surgical attack tool" targeting...

Precision Espionage miniFlame Malware Tied to Flame, Gauss

One of three previously unseen pieces of malware discovered during forensic analysis of the Flame malware command-and-control servers has been identified as a secondary surveillance tool deployed against specially identified targets, and only after an initial Flame or Gauss compromise, researcher...

White House Cyberattack Likely Won't Change Anything

So now it’s the White House’s turn. Having taken a swing at just about every other piece of the U.S. government’s network infrastructure, attackers, reportedly based in China, recently targeted a machine on an unclassified network inside the White House Military Office and were able to compromise...

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...

Flame C&C Server Analysis Reveals New Malware in the Wild

Forensic analysis of a number of Flame malware toolkit command-and-control servers revealed an additional three unidentified pieces of malicious code are under the control of the attackers, including one in the wild. Researchers at Kaspersky Lab, Symantec, CERT-Bund/BSI, and the International...

Huawei Denies Stealing State Secrets or Supporting Cyber Espionage

Huawei, the massive Chinese technology company that has come under criticism for its close ties to China’s government, is defending itself, saying that it has never stolen national intelligence or intellectual property and does not support any groups that do so. The company has been a frequent...

Iran still on target of 'Mahdi' malware after detection

In JULY Kaspersky Lab and Seculert revealed the presence of a new cyber-espionage weapon known targeting users in the Middle East. Despite the recent uncovering of the 'Madhi' malware that has infected several hundred computers in the Middle East, researchers say the virus is continuing to spread...

New Report Beckons 'Cyber Arms Race,' Explains Black Hole Kit

Espionage has gone digital and we’re just now seeing the beginnings of what will prove to be a “cyber arms race,” according to Mikko Hypponen, Chief Research Officer for the F-Secure, the Finnish security firm. Hypponen laid out his thoughts and recapped the last seven months in threats in the...

Shamoon Malware Steals Data, Overwrites MBR

A new piece of malware known as Shamoon that has the ability to destroy files on infected machines and overwrite the master boot record has researchers scratching their heads, wondering what the tool’s purpose might be and why the attackers behind it would destroy infected PCs. There are some...

Kaspersky Labs uncover 'Gauss' Espionage Malware hits Middle East banks

A new cyber surveillance virus has been found in the Middle East that can spy on banking transactions and steal login and passwords, according Kaspersky Lab, a leading computer security firm. After Stuxnet, Duqu, and Flame, this one seems to mainly spy on computer users in Lebanon. It's been dubb...

Infographic: Stuxnet's Cyberwar Vines Untangled

Keeping track of the relationships between various malware families can be hard, especially when you’re talking about espionage tools such as Stuxnet and Gauss. Veracode has put together an infographic as a general recap of the life and times of Stuxnet, the much-discussed cyber worm that first...

Poll Finds Security Practitioners Falsely Believe They're Protected Against APTs

If a recent poll of 1,000 security professionals is any indication, there remains a significant learning gap in understanding advanced persistent threats – and therefore building a strong defense to resist them. The survey conducted by FireEye’s Malware Intelligence Lab showed nearly 60 percent o...

Huawei and Cyber Espionage, a question of trust ?

Chinese telecoms equipment suppliers have previously been criticized for allegedly being security risks. Huawei is working with British spooks to prove that it has no backdoors in its products which would allow Chinese agents to snuffle Her Majesty's secrets. The U.S. and Australia have made clea...

Joe Stewart on APTs and Cyber Espionage

Dennis Fisher talks with Joe Stewart of the Dell SecureWorks Counter Threat Unit about his team’s new research on the landscape of APT malware families, who is behind the use of these tools and how poorly prepared most organizations are for attacks by these crews. Download: digitalunderground101...

Former Pentagon Analyst Warns China Has Back Doors To Global Telcos

The Chinese Government has “pervasive access” to 80 percent of the world’s communications even military-grade encryption no longer provides sufficient protection to sensitive data, a former Pentagon analyst warns. Speaking on the Cyber Jungle podcast with host Ira Victor, former Pentagon analyst ...

Dalai Lama's Birthday Used As Bait In Targeted Attacks

Followers and supporters of Tibetan Buddhist leader the Dalai Lama were the targets of an e-mail borne attack that used news of the spiritual leader’s birthday to trick recipients into installing a surreptitious monitoring program on their computers. Researchers at Kaspersky Lab identified a numb...

An Unhappy Birthday For Uncle Sam On Cyber Security

Here’s the good news on America’s birthday: the last year has seen the U.S. emerge as an undisputed global leader in the use of offensive cyber operations. Averting another “Sputnik” moment, the nation’s longest running and most successful democracy blazed new trails in non-kinetic warfare,...

U.S. Congress Hears Of Growing Cyber Espionage Threat To U.S.

Testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives’ Homeland Security Committee painted a grim picture about the problem of cyber espionage against U.S. companies and interests. Government and law enforcement experts testifying before the U.S. House of Representatives’ Homeland Security Committee...

AutoCAD Worm Stealing Designs, Blueprints

Security researchers have come across a new worm that is meant specifically to steal blueprints, design documents and other files created with the AutoCAD software. The worm, known as ACAD/Medre.A, is spreading through infected AutoCAD templates and is sending tens of thousands of stolen document...

A virus specialized for AutoCAD, a perfect cyber espionage tool

A virus specialized for AutoCAD, a perfect cyber espionage tool In recent years we are assisting to a profoundly change in the nature of malware, it is increased the development for spy purposes, for its spread in both private and government sectors. The recent case of Flame malware has...