Source: E. Scott Reckard, Andrew Tangel and Jim Puzzanghera, LA Times
A shadowy but well organized hacker group in the Middle East has disrupted the electronic banking operations of America’s largest financial institutions in recent days.
Tag Archives: Cybersecurity
Banks fail to repel cyber threat
September 27, 2012 – 10:40 am
FBI vs. Google: The legal fight to unlock phones
September 6, 2012 – 3:50 am
Source: Julia Angwin, The Wall Street Journal
A legal battle is brewing between technology companies and the U.S. government over whether law-enforcement agents have the right to obtain passwords to crack into smartphones of suspects.
ITU ill-suited to regulate cybersecurity
September 6, 2012 – 2:25 am
Source: Centre for Democracy and Technology
The issue of cybersecurity perfectly illustrates why the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) should not be given expanded regulatory authority to include matters of Internet governance.
Private spies and our growing surveillance state
September 4, 2012 – 3:36 am
Source: Kade Crockford, The Nation
In early August, WikiLeaks released another cluster of the 5 million e-mails it obtained in late 2011 from Stratfor, a private intelligence agency Barron’s has called “The Shadow CIA.”
Nation-sponsored malware with Stuxnet ties has mystery warhead
August 9, 2012 – 10:04 am
Source: Dan Goodin, Ars Technica
Researchers have uncovered yet another state-sponsored computer espionage operation that uses state-of-the-art software to extract a wealth of sensitive data from thousands of machines located mostly in the Middle East.
FinFisher spyware reach found on five continents
August 8, 2012 – 4:35 am
Source: Vernon Silver, Bloomberg
The FinFisher spyware made by U.K.- based Gamma Group likely has previously undisclosed global reach, with computers on at least five continents showing signs of being command centers that run the intrusion tool.
Gamma says no spyware sold to Bahrain; may be stolen copy
July 27, 2012 – 3:50 am
Source: Vernon Silver, Bloomberg
Gamma International said the company didn’t sell its FinFisher spyware to Bahrain, responding to research that showed activists from the Persian Gulf kingdom were targeted by what looked like the software, which can secretly monitor computers.
Hackers linked to China’s army seen from EU to D.C.
July 27, 2012 – 3:28 am
Source: Michael Riley and Dune Lawrence, Bloomberg
The hackers clocked in at precisely 9:23 a.m. Brussels time on July 18 last year, and set to their task. In just 14 minutes of quick keyboard work, they scooped up the e-mails of the president of the European Union Council, Herman Van Rompuy.
Kaspersky denies Kremlin ties, compares himself to Indiana Jones
July 25, 2012 – 2:49 am
Source: Noah Shachtman, Wired
Eugene Kaspersky, the head of Russia’s largest cybersecurity firm, is denying that he or his company are closely tied to the Putin government in Moscow.
Canadian company infiltrated by Chinese hackers sells stake to Chinese Sinopec
July 23, 2012 – 3:41 am
Source: Ora Morison, The Globe and Mail
Talisman Energy Inc. is following through on a promise it made to shareholders earlier this year, selling off some of its interests in Britain to focus on higher-growth shale gas projects in North America and Southeast Asia.
