Beware of malware offering “Warm greetings from Saudi Aramco”

Recently, the Malwarebytes Threat Intelligence Team found a Formbook campaign targeting oil and gas companies. The campaign they discovered was delivered by a targeted email that contained two attachments, one is a pdf file and the other an Excel document. Formbook The Formbook malware is an...

Researchers Uncover New Leads Behind Shamoon2

In a fresh analysis of the Shamoon2 malware, researchers from Arbor Networks’ Security Engineering and Response Team ASERT say they have unearthed new leads on the tools and techniques used in the most recent wave of attacks. Shamoon2 surfaced in November, approximately four years after the...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID25195: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on September 22, 2016

Medium Alert ID: 49002 First Published: 2016 September 22 19:22 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID25195 may contain the following files: Name ...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID23888: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on July 19, 2016

Medium Alert ID: 47133 First Published: 2016 July 19 19:34 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID23888 may contain the following files: Name | Siz...

Model Predicts Optimal Timing of a Cyber Conflict

Security researchers from the Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan have published a mathematical model they said will produce the proper timing for the delivery of offensive cyberweapons. Defenders can also make use of the model to understand attackers and when an targeted...

Oil Producer Saudi Aramco twitter account hacked

Twitter continues to implement new security features. But really, who thinks social media will ever be unhackable? The official twitter account of Saudi Aramco, the world's biggest oil producer hacked by hacker with name 'Mister Rero'. The background on Saudi Aramco's official Twitter page and th...

Oil Producer Saudi Aramco twitter account hacked

Twitter continues to implement new security features. But really, who thinks social media will ever be unhackable? The official twitter account of Saudi Aramco, the world's biggest oil producer hacked by hacker with name 'Mister Rero'. The background on Saudi Aramco’s official Twitter page and th...

Aramco Hack Aimed at Curbing Oil Production

An August attack on the Saudi Arabian national oil company, Aramco, was reportedly launched in order to hinder oil production at the world’s most valuable company, according to a report published in the New York Times yesterday. The attack damaged some 30,000 company workstations but failed to...

Aramco cyber attacks intends to stop oil production

Saudi Arabia's national oil company "Aramco" is the country's largest oil production facility and is a significant exporter in the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries. They said that a cyber attack against it in August which damaged some 30,000 computers was aimed at stopping oil an...

Internet Slows In Iran Following Attacks on Infrastructure, Communication

Hackers interrupted Internet access in various parts of the Islamic Republic of Iran yesterday after attacking a number of the country’s infrastructure and communications companies, a state official told the Reuters news agency. “Yesterday we had a heavy attack against the country’s infrastructur...

Saudi Aramco Says Networks Back Online, But No Results From Malware Investigation Yet

Saudi Aramco says that the virus attack that compromised tens of thousands of the company’s workstations last month never endangered the company’s oil production capabilities and that all of the affected systems have been brought back online and restored. The attack on Aramco has been linked by...

Malware Attack on 2nd Largest Liquefied Natural Gas Producer

Reports have surfaced that liquified natural gas LNG producer RasGas, based in the Persian Gulf nation of Qatar, has been struck by an unidentified virus, this time shutting down its website and email servers. The malware, however, did not affect the company's operational computers that control t...

Computer Virus Blacks Out Qatari Gas Producer

An “unknown virus” has shutdown the entire computer network of the world’s second largest liquefied natural gas LNG producer, RasGas, according to news reports. RasGas is based in Qatar, a peninsular nation located within the larger Arabian Peninsula. The LNG producer has reportedly been offline...

Saudi Aramco Confirms Scope of Malware Attack

Officials at oil giant Saudi Aramco have confirmed that about 30,000 of the company’s workstations were hit by a malware attack on August 15, a number that lines up with claims made in posts on Pastebin by a group taking credit for the attack. The company said that while tens of thousands of...

Saudi Aramco Oil Producer's 30,000 workstations victim of Cyber Attack

Saudi Aramco, the world's biggest oil producer, has resumed operating its main internal computer networks after a virus infected about 30,000 of its workstations in mid-August. Immediately after the Aug. 15 attack, the company announced it had cut off its electronic systems from outside access to...

Aramco Threatened With New Attack

Attackers are threatening to launch a second assault on Saudi Aramco on Saturday in order to prove its abilities and the fact that it’s not relying on help from an Aramco insider. The first attack on the oil company occurred last week and resulted in the company taking its Web sites offline, sayi...

Some Signs Point to Shamoon as Malware in Aramco Attack

While researchers continue to dig into the Shamoon malware, looking for its origins and a complete understanding of its capabilities, a group calling itself the Cutting Sword of Justice is claiming responsibility for an attack on the massive Saudi oil company Aramco, which some experts believe...

Shamoon Malware : Permanently wiping data from Energy Industry Computers

Malware researchers have uncovered an attack targeting an organization in the energy industry that attempts to wreak havoc by permanently wiping data from an infected computer's hard drive and rendering the machine unusable. Symantec would not name the victimized firm, and so far has seen the...