REGIN : Groundbreaking MALWARE Threat

An advanced piece of malware, known as ‘Regin’, has been used in systematic spying campaigns against a range of international targets including government agencies and businesses since at least 2008 vide IT security firms Symantec and Kaspersky Lab reports both released on 24th Nov 2014.This ppt brings you an overview of the threat in brief.The piece of malware is unique in the sense that it's structure displays a degree of technical competence rarely seen.Stuxnet looks a decent past....with this complexity

Regin from anupriti

Shadows in the Cloud : Cyber Espionage

Uploaded a Presentation on this recently been my fav article to read on Scribd.....

Shadows in the Cloud

Cyber Warfare : It has started

1. I have been recently digging deep into reading "Tracking Ghostnet" & "Shadows in the cloud".Crisp,to the point,full of information,a must read for all IT Security savvy personnels.This is where I got to read about "The May 2007 DoS Attacks on ESTONIA".Brief about this Estonia Case below :

2. Subject attacks on Estonia capitallyy known as Estonian Cyberwar or Web War 1, refers to a series of cyber aggresses that began April 27, 2007 and deluged websites of Estonian organizations, including Estonian parliament, banks, ministries, newspapers and broadcasters, amid the country's row with Russia on some relocation issue of the Bronze Soldier of Tallinn.Most of the attacks that had any influence on the general public were distributed denial of service type attacks ranging from single individuals using various low-tech methods like ping floods to expensive rentals of botnets usually used for spam distribution. Spamming of bigger news portals commentaries and defacements including that of the Estonian Reform Party website also occurred.

3. Subsequent to the incident, a criminal investigation was conducted and On 24 January 2008, Dmitri Galushkevich, a student living in Tallinn, was found guilty of participating in the attacks. He was fined 17,500 kroons (approximately US$1,640) for attacking the website of the Estonian Reform Party.So surprisingly,after so much of damge had been done,so much of ministeries websites were defaced,the followup resulted in a single conviction of a Russian Living in ESTONIA.Imagine....one single person from Russia was found responsible for the cyber havoc that Estonia had to face.

4. The net and the cyber world is still in the stage of nascency and there is lots coming ahead for sure in future...like the events surfaced in the movie "Live Free or Die Hard".Every one across the globe today has realized the potential of Cyber warfare.....and the power is immense....anyone who is clear....stands as ONE MAN ARMY.....as cited through one eg above.

SHADOWS IN THE CLOUD

1. First time I heard this term...i thought its abt some movie...some crime thriller or may be some novel or book...but when I actually came to know about this...it was exploring a whole new world....this is abt a 60 pg brief on how cyber security can compromise you and your organisation secrets....wonderfully compiled...easy to understand...easy english....gr88888 ...

2. I got the copy from SCRIBD at http://www.scribd.com/doc/29493199/Shadows-in-the-Cloud-20100406

3. Must read for IT Security enthusiasts!!