In response to reports that an Iranian state-sponsored hacking group has been ‘password-spraying’ U.S. electric utilities for the past year, experts commented below.
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Iran has a well-funded and state-supported offensive cyber capability.
Cyber attacks are commonly used in warfare today as they are cheaper and easier than any other kind of army to raise. Iran has a well-funded and state-supported offensive cyber capability, and this malware incident will likely be followed by other attacks. We have witnessed over the past five years an increase of state-sponsored attacks directed at “civilian,” or commercial, organizations as methods to achieve secondary access or other goals. Unfortunately, the use of cyber attacks is now a .....Read More
Prevention is the preferred method of malware defense.
The headline here is the malware itself, but it’s important to remember that the point of entry was an unpatched vulnerability. Prevention is the preferred method of malware defense.
It’s likely we’ll see more of this type of state-sponsored activity. I wouldn’t expect this is the last we’ll hear about the Dustman malware.
This attack could have been much worse, and while we don’t know all the details, I’m willing to bet that Bapco had planned out their response before this.....Read More
Before the Saudi Aramco attack, Middle East computer security was worse than poor.
The lack of utter devastation this time around should be counted as a major computer defense success. The 2012 Disttrack attack against Saudi Aramco, which devastated that company and put all of Saudi Arabia on it’s heels for half a year, led to the better successful defense of Bahrain. The Saudi Aramco attack changed everything for that part of the world. Before the Saudi Aramco attack, Middle East computer security was worse than poor. It was almost non-existent. But losing 32,000.....Read More
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