October 6th, 2012
Every week there seems to be winners and losers in the security space. This week?s big winner is the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. Not only did it?crack a global tech support scam, it also?won a 163 million dollar lawsuit against a scareware ring. This week?s big losers are?the world?s top universities breached by Team GhostShell. The hacktivist group leaked thousands of personal records belonging to students, faculty, and staff at several prestigious institutions to protest the state of education in the United States and Europe. The White House also came up short this week after it confirmed an?unclassified network in its Military Office fell victim?to a targeted email attack.?Anonymous targeted Swedish websites in retaliation for a raid?on a Swedish hosting company serving up pirated content. Microsoft?pre-announced 7 bulletins as part of October?s Black Tuesday?update and in a blast from the past, SecureState reported?MS08-067 is still being actively exploited in the wild. You read that correctly, it?s from 2008. Trusteer continued to do what it does best and?released a report on a new Man in the Browser attack technique. 4.5 million?Brazilian DSL modems were compromised?with malware because of one firmware vulnerability; it?s like DNSChanger all over again. In this week?s best collections,?Brian Krebs offered useful advice?on addressing previously undiscovered vulnerabilities and?FireEye analyzed email attack trends?from 2012?s third quarter. Consider them winners too.
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Source: http://securityblog.verizonbusiness.com/2012/10/06/weekly-intelligence-lead-paragraph-2012-10-05/
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