James Bond-style malware targets firm that secures industrial systems

[Lt-Col A. Tack]

Malicious e-mail tries to siphon data related to US critical infrastructure.

by Dan Goodin
June 11 2012, 2:50pm CDT

To get a sense of just how advanced some malware-based espionage campaigns have become, consider one recently perpetrated against Digital Bond, a security consultancy that specializes in safeguarding computer systems used to control dams, gasoline refineries, and other critical infrastructure against attack.

"It's a bit concerning that a company whose sole focus is securing industrial control systems should be spear phished," wrote Reid Wightman, another Digital Bond researcher.

"The attacker clearly went to enough trouble to try to understand ICS security lingo to get the employee to open the link, and had to compromise a DNS server."

More: http://arstechnica.com/security/2012...stems-experts/

[usa320]

Would it be safe to assume there is a high likelyhood that the PRC is responsible for these sort of attacks?

[Tropical_ulcer]

Would it be safe to assume there is a high likelyhood that the PRC is responsible for these sort of attacks?

off course china is behind all these attacks,is just that everyone knows things would get worse if they confront them about this issue

[seraosha]

off course china is behind all these attacks,is just that everyone knows things would get worse if they confront them about this issue

There are a lot more players in this game than just the PRC, between domestic terrorists, AQ, state actors, corporate espionage, false flag blackhat, heck Anon...lots of choices besides the usual suspects.

But yeah, PRC is top of my list too.