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Blended Attacks and The Tiger Team

2008-01-08 03:07:00 by Erik T. Heidt in Art of Information Security
 
...Attacks Targeting Both Physical and IT Domains In 2007, criminals demonstrated their evolving ingenuity by employing blended attacks to obtain sensitive information and evade detection. The most significant example of this trend was a string of attacks on Stop & Shop supermarkets in Rhode Island. Attackers broke into and vandalized...
 
Tags: tiger team, team, attacks, attack, attack ideas, physical security blog, physical, cisco report, annual security report
 
 
 
 
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NSA Attacks West Point! Relax, It's a Cyberwar Game

2008-05-10 01:00:00 by David Axe in Wired Security
 
...attacks or defensive measures. Beyond that, the teams were free to come up with their own designs West Point's took three weeks to build. The cadets settled on a fairly standard Linux and FreeBSD-based network with advanced routing techniques for steering incoming traffic in directions of the IT team's choosing The choices in software tools...
 
Tags: army university, army, custom-built networks, networks, nsa, army cadets, west, cadets, network
 
 
 
 
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Custom DDoS Attacks Within Popular Malware Diversifying

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2008-05-12 04:42:01 by Dancho Danchev in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...attacks within, and also, the fact that the average script kiddies are continuing getting empowered with access to DDoS tools going beyond the average HTTP request flooders and ICMP flooding attacks. Furthermore, realizing the PSYOPs effect that could be created out of the popularity of this DIY malware, a specific Anti CNN version was...
 
Tags: malware, ddos attacks, attacks, diy malware, ddos attacks simply, favorite malware tools, malware authors, source malware, malware tool
 
 
 
 
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Good Reading on Targeted Attacks / Malware

2008-02-25 16:52:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...attacks - this is a subject that has 10x more mythology than fact and this is fact-based It starts like this: "Welcome to this page on targeted malware attacks. This subject has become a very common point of discussion and is subject to a lot of intrigue. By presenting some of the basic results of analysis of actual targeted trojan attacks,...
 
Tags: attacks, trojan attacks, subject, malware attacks, analysis, analysis hopes, discussion, basic results, lot
 
 
 
 
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Cyber attacks on NGOs

2008-05-07 16:42:00 by NGO Security in NGO Security
 
...attacks launched against humanitarian organizations (he wrote the article recently mentioned in this blog on electronic attacks against pro-Tibetan groups If you suspect your organization has been targeted, or you know of an organization that has, Maarten would like to hear from you. He's interested in attack methodologies and can help with...
 
Tags: attacks, cyber attacks, generic hacker activity, electronic attacks, computer security researcher, random virus, humanitarian organizations, van horenbeek, attack methodologies
 
 
 
 
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Video: Classification, detection of application backdoor attacks

2008-03-05 15:25:07 by Chris Wysopal in WhatIs: Enterprise IT tips and expert advice
 
Application backdoor attacks bypass authentication and can result in systems or data within those systems being compromised. Listen as Veracode's Chris Wysopal explains static detection methods for finding the four major types of backdoor attacks
 
Tags: backdoor attacks, major types, systems, data, veracode, result
 
 
 
 
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Instant messaging attacks spike in April

2008-05-01 00:00:00 by HASH0x8472eb4 in Network World on Security
 
Instant messaging attacks leapt 162% in April according to security firm Akonix. The company tracked 21 new malicious code attacks over the month
 
Tags: security firm akonix, malicious code attacks, april, attacks leapt, instant, month, company
 
 
 
 
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U.S. Ratcheting up Cyber Defenses in Wake of High Profile Cyber Attacks in 2007?

2007-09-21 00:00:00 by Shannon Kellogg in Speaking of Security, the RSA Blog and Podcast
 
...attacks on Estonia be a wake up call for European and U.S. leaders? I noted in that post that the answer in Europe was apparently yes and referenced quotes in a June 30th Reuters story from European Information Society Commissioner Vivian Reding: "Estonia was a wake up call...If people do not understand the urgency now, they never will
 
Tags: post, security blog post, recent cyber attacks, national leadership level, cyber security issue, estonia, call, leaders, noted
 
 
 
 
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Will the recent cyber attacks on Estonia be a wake up call for European and U.S. leaders?

2007-07-02 00:00:00 by Shannon Kellogg in Speaking of Security, the RSA Blog and Podcast
 
Will the recent cyber attacks on Estonia be a wake up call for European and U.S. leaders? According to a Reuters story on Friday, June 30th, the answer is apparently yes at least on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean. What about the U.S
 
Tags: recent cyber attacks, leaders, reuters story, atlantic ocean, estonia, june 30th, call, european, apparently