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More Information on Aurora Attacks
Written on 5 Mar, 2010 at 10:14 in Cyber Incidents | viewed 200 views times | 0 Comments
Earlier this year, Google announced that it, along with a number of other companies, was the target of a cyber attack. Since that time, law enforcement and private companies have been working to unravel more details about the attack. Last month,... (Continue reading)
Aurora Attacks are Simply Irresistible
Written on 3 Mar, 2010 at 9:40 in Cyber Incidents | viewed 189 views times | 0 Comments
After the large scale attack on Google and over 100 other corporations late last year, research has shown that companies are defenseless. In a study by iSEC on response recommendation for “Aurora”, seven common patterns were identified. Many of these... (Continue reading)
US Getting Closer to Finding Google Hackers
Written on 22 Feb, 2010 at 14:06 in Cyber Incidents | viewed 375 views times | 0 Comments
US authorities believe they may have identified the programming author who wrote the code used in the hacking attacks against search engine giant Google, according to an article in the Financial Times. After the discovery last week of the possible... (Continue reading)
Google to Team with NSA
Written on 4 Feb, 2010 at 13:54 in Cyber Policy | viewed 373 views times | 0 Comments
Search engine giant Google and the largest electronic surveillance intelligence agency in the world, the National Security Agency, are teaming up to increase cyber security. Google is looking to finalize an agreement with the NSA, which would allow the agency... (Continue reading)
The Chinese Are Coming: Cyber Espionage Targets Government Contractors
Written on 3 Feb, 2010 at 14:31 in Featured Stories | viewed 808 views times | 0 Comments
US government networks are consistently probed for vulnerabilities by hackers and foreign intelligence agencies. The difficulty of attribution combined with the ease of access and decreased physical risk makes cyber espionage a favorite tool of more advanced intelligence services. Foreign governments... (Continue reading)
Oil Industry Subjected to Cyber Attacks
Written on 27 Jan, 2010 at 14:13 in Cyber Incidents | viewed 263 views times | 0 Comments
The oil industry experienced previously undisclosed Aurora-style cyber attacks in 2008 according to an article on the Christian Science Monitor website. Three US-based oil companies, Marathon Oil, ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips were informed by the FBI in early 2009 of the... (Continue reading)
