Side Effects of APT attacks – Stuxnet and Flame

Raimund discusses recent government sponsored targeted attacks, such as stuxnet and flame, and potential side effects. [Transcript] Today’s espionage is not conducted by James Bond-like agent wearing fancy tuxedos anymore. They are conducted behind a computer screen, when an attacker […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry… View full…

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Super Cyber Weapon, Flame

Russian Cyber-security firm, Kaspersky Lab has discovered a highly sophisticated, malicious computer program that is actively being used as a cyber weapon, attacking entities in several countries. Kaspersky Lab has named the virus, Flame and is calling it a super-cyberweapon, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry… View full…

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16 security problems bigger than Flame

Flame’s man-in-the-middle hash-collision attack is very interesting, I won’t deny. It’s an incredibly complex, chained exploit using MD5 collision, weak vendor digital certificate, WPAD (Web Proxy Auto-Discovery Protocol) vulnerabilities, and signed malware. This is one for the history books. View full post on Security – Infoworld View full post on…

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