Source: Bill Gertz, The White House Free Beacon
Hackers linked to China’s government broke into one of the U.S. government’s most sensitive computer networks, breaching a system used by the White House Military Office for nuclear commands.
Tag Archives: Hackers
White House Military Office target of spear phishing attack
September 30, 2012 – 1:22 pm
In cyberattacks, hacking humans is highly effective way to access systems
September 27, 2012 – 10:56 am
Source: Robert O’Harrow Jr, The Washington Post
Emerging details about the e-mails show how social engineering — long favored by con artists, identity thieves and spammers — has become one of the leading threats to government and corporate networks in cyberspace.
Banks fail to repel cyber threat
September 27, 2012 – 10:40 am
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.
Amnesty International site hacked by supporters of Syrian government
August 28, 2012 – 7:58 am
Source: James Ball, The Washington Post
Supporters of the Syrian government hacked the Web site of Amnesty International, posting items that falsely accused the rebels of a string of atrocities.
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.
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.
Time Warner Cable distributes wifi routers lacking ‘most rudimentary security’
July 13, 2012 – 3:38 am
Source: Andy Greenberg, Forbes
Chris Naegelin and his fellow researcher Charlie Vedaa have discovered vulnerabilities in the combination Wifi router and modem devices built by the manufacturer Arris and distributed by Internet providers.
New malware targeting Syrian actvists uses BlackShades commercial Trojan
July 12, 2012 – 3:34 am
Source: Electronic Frontier Foundation
Since March of this year, EFF has reported extensively on the ongoing campaign to use social engineering to install surveillance software that spies on Syrian activists.
How the boy next door accidentally built a Syrian spy tool
July 11, 2012 – 3:46 am
Jean-Pierre Lesueur is in many ways a typical 22-year-old computer geek, but he’s also the man who built Dark Comet — which was recently used by the Syrian government to steal information from the computers of activists fighting to overthrow it.
A dramatic tale of betrayal, dirty secrets and revenge
July 8, 2012 – 2:05 am
Source: The Sunday Guardian
Though hated & feared by governments all over, not much is known about hacktivist groups like Anonymous. A new book by Parmy Olson finally sheds some light, writes Oxblood Ruffin.
