Targeted Attacks Focus On Economic Cyberterrorism

Orome1 writes "When it comes to dangerous Web threats, the only constant is change and gone are the days of predictable attack vectors. Instead, modern blended threats such as Aurora, Stuxnet, and Zeus infiltrate organizations through a variety of coordinated tactics, usually a combination of two or more. Phishing, compromised websites, and social networking are carefully coordinated to steal confidential data, because in the world of cybercrime, content equals cash. And, as a new Websense report illustrates, the latest tactics have now moved to a political and nationalistic stage. Cybercriminals and their blended attacks are having a field day taking advantage of security gaps left open by legacy technologies like firewalls, anti-virus, and simple URL blockers."

Comments

Re:"Legacy"?

[girlintraining]

but you missed the point!
IT'S SCARY!
AND WE SHOULD GIVE SOMEONE MONEY TO FIX THE PROBLEM!

I'm surprised you can get internet out at your ranch, George.

Re:Nations are stupid

[Anonymous Coward]

So we should act quickly, before the people who want sharia law can get onto the internet en masse.

Cyberterrorism?

[flaming error]

Were cyberbombs detonated on a cybertrain?

Re:Cyberterrorism?

[Anonymous Coward]

Were cyberbombs detonated on a cybertrain?

I'm sure you're objecting to the cliche of putting "cyber" in front of everyday words. However, these cyberterrorists are no different than the terrorists who shop lift from Walmart. Shockingly, I saw a terrorist steal a six pack of beer from Walmart last week. He slipped it past the cashier while she rang up his other groceries. The cyber prefix in cyberterrorism just means they're using computers to help steal stuff.

Fortunately, we have laws that allow us to send these terrorist (cyber or not) to Gitmo where they can be water boarded every day for the rest of their lives.

Re:"Legacy"?

[poetmatt]

remember, they added the word cyber, so we need new legislation!

as opposed to, you know, economic terrorism.

Re:Money for nothing and chicks for free

[Anonymous Coward]

So now Websense has a secure replacement for Windows? Awesome!

Re:"Legacy"?

[jd]

Actually, legislation might not be a bad idea. I propose that it be illegal to store passwords in plaintext (or equiv), allow passwords that John the Ripper can break, not QA code correctly, not encrypt traffic, provide identity verification that is bogus, or provide APIs that allow the protection in place to be bypassed. First-time offenders should be forced to read my posts - not because they're necessarily useful on issues of security, but because they're usually long and occasionally tedious. Repeat offenders should pay for the carpal tunnel syndrome surgery I'll eventually need because of all the writing of long and occasionally tedious posts.