After Google-China dust-up, cyberwar emerges as a threat
Excellent article by Jaikumar Vijayan on the scope of the threat and the growing corporate impact. “The episode highlighted cyberthreats facing the U.S., but it’s not a war — yet”...
View Article88 percent of firms show Zeus botnet activity
Almost 9 in 10 Fortune 500 companies have active Zeus botnet malware. Yikes! http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20002425-245.html?tag=newsEditorsPicksArea.0 The post 88 percent of firms show Zeus...
View ArticleCyberattack on Google Said to Hit Password System
The New York Times today reports that January’s cyberattack on Google was specifically targeting developers responsible for Google’s password system (“Gaia”). The attack vector utilized exploits in...
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Symantec Global Internet Security Threat Report (2009)
Symantec published Volume XV of their Trends for 2009 report. Interesting data points – the Net-net is that the threat is not going away (note the sarcasm here)…. Executive Summary:...
View ArticleTrojan disguised as Google Chrome extension
The announcement that Google Chrome is now the third most widely used browser wasn’t lost on cybercriminals. They follow the crowd, and that explains the recent appearance of a bogus Google Chrome...
View ArticleBuggy McAfee update whacks Windows XP PCs
This incident illustrates how security products that require frequent signature updates are susceptible to failure. And given the growth of malware, that signature update process will only accelerate....
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Dissecting an Active Campaign Targeting America’s Defense Industrial Base and...
Researchers from Invincea Labs and ThreatGrid dissected a sophisticated spear-phish aimed at a high profile target within America’s Defense and Intelligence community July 20th. Based on our analysis,...
View ArticleMapping Malware Genomes – Advanced Visualization from Invincea
Invincea is focused on pushing the envelope in threat protection and breach prevention. Our flagship breach prevention platform addresses the root cause of breach today – spear-phishing and other...
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