Ongoing Attacks Target Defense, Aerospace Industries

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday January 31, 2012 @08:10AM from the hackers-want-spaceships-with-lasers dept.

Gunkerty Jeb writes "Researchers have identified a strain of malware that's being used in a string of targeted attacks against defense contractors, government agencies and other organizations by leveraging exploits against zero-day vulnerabilities. The attacks may have been going on since 2009 in some form and the emails containing the malicious attachments are specifically targeted at executives and officials in various industries using fake conference invitations. The attack campaign, as many do, appears to be changing frequently, as the attackers use different binaries and change up their patterns for connecting to remote command-and-control servers. The research, done by Seculert and Zscaler, shows that the attackers are patient, taking the time to dig up some information about their potential targets, and are carefully choosing organizations that have high-value intellectual property and assets (PDF)."

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Bad Karma by Anonymous Coward · 2012-01-31 08:21 · Score: -1, Flamebait

action: Govts make sure education system doesn't make people too smart so they are easy to control.
reaction: End up creating adults who arent too bright making it easy to trick them, then the very organizations that sought control now falter.
Seems every action has an equal and opposite reaction.
That's what they get ... by lwriemen · 2012-01-31 08:24 · Score: -1, Flamebait

... for using Windows.
Can't stop ROFL by pecila · 2012-01-31 08:36 · Score: -1, Flamebait

Using windows to stay secure... priceless.