‘Nation-state sponsored cyber attacks’ – A powerful statement, and one that represented the majority of recent headlines in press articles about the Gauss malware. With the targeted nature of the attack, and its complexity cited as examples to support ‘Gauss-es’ of the attribution. Whilst the speculation makes for excellent media stories and fuels alcohol induced Read more…
Tags: Advanced Persistent Threat, APT, APTs, cyber attacks, DLP, firewall, Flame, Gauss, Information Security, IPS, McAfee Security, Night Dragon, security
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
Something Changed With Aurora Even before the China centered Operation Aurora attack (a.k.a. Google attacks) in which hackers broke into numerous high-profile organizations in the US to steal highly confidential information, I had been warning customers (and anyone in ear shot quite frankly) of the most effective strategies to protect against the deluge of advanced Read more…
Tags: data breach, database activity monitoring, database security, enterprise, intellectual property, Night Dragon, Operation Aurora, Sentrigo acquisition
I had the privilege of speaking before the House Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies at a hearing titled “Examining the Cyber Threat to Critical Infrastructure and the American Economy.” I was pleased to have the opportunity to provide McAfee’s perspective on the threats that face our nation’s infrastructure, as well as provide Read more…
Tags: critical infrastructure, Cybercrime, enterprise, Mid-Market, Night Dragon, Operation Aurora, Public Sector, Risk and Compliance
In 2010 McAfee Labs processed an average of almost 55,000 pieces of new malware every day. That nearly mind-numbing amount makes it difficult for any particular attack to stand out. Today, however, I want to highlight one large scale attack that is a clear example of how cybercrime has evolved from something of a hobbyist Read more…
Tags: critical infrastructure, Cybercrime, enterprise, kurtz, malware, Network Security, Night Dragon, Operation Aurora
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