March 11, 2013
Cyber war is not as common as the mainstream news cycle would have us believe, but its definition is not as cut-and-dry either. Just because nothing is blowing up doesn't mean it isn't happening. It's all about the context.
The FBI and DoJ are targeting high-level U.S. officials in hopes of learning who released classified information about Stuxnet to the press. What the government is not doing is publicly explaining why it launched Stuxnet.
November 01, 2012
For the last several years, security experts have been stressing the vulnerability of industrial control systems. Now, with attacks like Stuxnet proof of the risk, the big question is: How will industry respond?
November 01, 2012
While some instances of Stuxnet and Duqu found their way into seemingly unplanned locations, the majority of occurrences were localized to targeted systems.
October 31, 2012
Stuxnet kicked things off, and since then, there's been an explosion in sophisticated viruses targeting businesses and critical infrastructure in the Gulf region. But, prevention is still an option.
The third and final presidential debate was heavy on the kinetic and light on the cyber. And it shouldn't have surprised anybody.
Organizations shouldn't wait until they are the targets of sophisticated attacks to take action, according to a panel discussion at SC Congress New York.
Debate: Flame, Stuxnet and other APTs are hype, but you should still be extremely worried.
Researchers have discovered three new malware strains linked with the Flame virus, and noted an even higher number of victims than expected.
September 04, 2012
When the history of the cyber arms race is written, the first chapter surely will be devoted to Stuxnet. But now that these sophisticated strikes have started, there are plenty of questions to answer.
The Wiper virus has left few clues for researchers to study, but there may be similarities between it and other malware targeting systems in the Middle East.
In the high-priced market of exploit sales, developers resist government regulations -- but are more than happy when one wants to open its coffers to them.
Gauss, which researchers have linked to Flame and Stuxnet, both believed to be built by the U.S. government, functions mainly as a banking trojan -- but it also contains a mystery encrypted payload.
McAfee co-president, Michael DeCesare, stopped by the SC Magazine offices to discuss the advancements in the threat landscape.
July 02, 2012
The latest evidence of cyber espionage weaponry could be a harbinger of nation-state assaults to come.
Flame, Stuxnet, breach at LinkedIn and other security news
July 02, 2012
Flame, aka Skywiper, is a sophisticated tool used to locate and steal data accessible from the infected computer. The malware uses multiple exploits to propagate and is highly configurable.
July 02, 2012
While the characteristics of the spy virus are important to note, the question is why it went undetected for so long.
Blueprint drawings in Peru are the latest target of information-stealing malware, after researchers at ESET discovered the Medrea worm in circulation.
Suspicions that the sophisticated espionage toolkit Flame was created by the same authors as Stuxnet are true, according to a published report.
June 04, 2012
Does the fact that the Flame malware stayed below the radar for so long prove that signature detection is dead?
The National Security Agency, working with Unit 8200, a part of Israel's military, developed the worm to sabotage Iran's nuclear program.
May 30, 2012
A report from researchers at the University of Cambridge alludes to vulnerabilities being intentionally inserted into Chinese-manufactured chips used by the military. But at least one security expert called the study light on facts.
May 30, 2012
While the investigation is just beginning into the massive espionage toolkit known as Flame, which has targeted computers, mainly in Iran, it is important to consider the consequences of this malware.
May 29, 2012
The complex Flame espionage toolkit shows efforts to gather intelligence on certain countries is in high gear, but the malware's functionality may not be all that different from what already is on the scene.
Just when you thought all of the windows that control system recon trojan Duqu used to propagate had been roped off, the software giant releases a new set of fixes.
The year's first variant of the notorius W32.Duqu, a trojan that seems intended for cyber war, has been discovered by Symantec researchers.
Hacker groups Anonymous and LulzSec have made a name for themselves by scanning large organizations until they find the one weak system ready to be exploited. You can prevent an attack.
January 03, 2012
Stealthy, targeted attacks are real -- as evidenced by operations such as Shady RAT and Stuxnet -- and there isn't a one-size-fits-all remedy to deal with them.
Tuesday's baker's dozen of security patches from Microsoft includes a fix for a vulnerability that helped spread the dangerous information-stealing Duqu trojan, which targets industrial control systems.
