Both Kaspersky and Symantec released reports this week pointing out the increase in attacks by Wild Neutron (aka Jripbot, Morpho, or Butterfly). WN had gone mostly dormant (or undetected?) since 2013 after hitting Apple, Facebook, Twitter, and Microsoft using zero-day Java exploits (seeded in the hacked forums of various websites) and the OSX/Pintsized Mac OS…
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Red October espionage platform begins shutting down after exposure on Monday
The Operation Red October espionage campaign was exposed on Monday (1/14/13) by Russian anti-virus software maker Kaspersky Lab. The Red October network was found to target hundreds of diplomatic, governmental, and scientific organizations in at least 39 countries, including the Russian Federation (the most frequent target), Iran, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Belgium, India, Afghanistan, Armenia, Turkmenistan, and…
Russian antivirus vendor, Kaspersky Labs, confirms development of ultra-secure industrial control system OS
Russian antivirus vendor, Kaspersky Labs, has announced their intent to develop a secure operating system for industrial control systems (ICS), which have been recent targets of hackers and nation-state sponsored cyberattacks. They note that recent attacks against hardware control systems for utilities and industrial equipment has increased during the past decade and as such, they…
4.5 million DSL modems hacked in Brazil then users pointed to malicious websites
Kaspersky Lab reported this week, that 4.5 million DSL modems in Brazil were hacked last year via a vulnerability in their ADSL modems that allowed hackers to steal passwords using scripting and then remote control the devices in order to change the modem’s configuration parameters. At some Brazilian ISPs, more than half of their customers…