Iranian Hackers targeting US oil, gas, and electric companies

For all the talk about China and the Syrian Electronic Army, it seems there's another threat to U.S. cyber interests i.e Iran. Series of potentially destructive computer attacks that have been targeting American oil, gas and electricity companies tracked back to Iran. Iranian hackers were able to...

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...

ExxonMobil, Others Attacked Via Email

At least three US oil companies were victims of highly targeted, email-borne attacks designed to siphon valuable data from their corporate networks and send it abroad, according to a published report citing unnamed people and government documents. Read the full article. The Register...