The recent security breach at Lockheed Martin confirmed that the attacks we saw with Operation Aurora, identified by McAfee, and Stuxnet are just the beginning of a new era of targeted attacks. Cybercriminals are now executing the perfect plan to get closer to their target without raising any red flags. In the case of Operation Read more…
Tags: Lockheed Martin, malware, Night Dragon, Operation Aurora, Stuxnet, targeted attacks, Whitelisting, Zero-Day
I have been on the road constantly in the last few weeks speaking to large customers and partners in Germany, Switzerland, Denmark and Sweden. I met with customers from large financial institutions, banks and telecommunications companies and there are a few trends I am seeing wherever I go. The first trend is that the intensity Read more…
Tags: consumerization, David Small, EMEA, malware, McAfee Application Control, Mobile, mobile security, targeted attacks
There has been quite a bit of news recently about distributed denial of services (DDoS) attacks against a number of South Korean websites. About 40 sites– including the Presidential, National Intelligence Service, Foreign Ministry, Defense Ministry, and the National Assembly–were targeted over the weekend, beginning around March 4 at 10 a.m. Korean time. These assaults Read more…
Tags: botnet, critical infrastructure, Cybercrime, Data Protection, DDoS, Endpoint Protection, global threat intelligence, Infrastructure, malware, Network Security, Stinger, targeted attacks
After hackers successfully penetrated the computer systems of the Canadian federal government, and after McAfee revealed the Night Dragon cyberattack against global oil, gas, and petrochemical companies, it seems to be France’s turn to have their computers infiltrated by hackers in search of confidential governmental information. The target was the French Finance Ministry. According to Read more…
Tags: critical infrastructure, Cybercrime, data breach, Data Protection, Endpoint Protection, enterprise, global threat intelligence, government, malware, Network Security, targeted attacks
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