Israeli Defense Contractors Compromised by Hackers

Three Israeli defense contractors responsible for building the “Iron Dome” missile shield currently protecting Israel from a barrage of rocket attacks were compromised by hackers and robbed of huge quantities of sensitive documents pertaining to the shield technology, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. The never-before publicized intrusions, which occurred between 2011 and 2012, illustrate the continued challenges that defense contractors and other companies face in deterring organized cyber adversaries and preventing the theft of proprietary information.

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Hackers step cyber attacks on Israel to protest Gaza operation

Netvision customers hit by foreign hackers; Anonymous threatens 'day of solidarity and resistance' in cyber attacks on Friday.

Michal Margalit

Published:  07.23.14, 18:02 / Israel News Hackers from around the world,particularly in Arab states, have launched mutiple cyber attacks on Israeli websites, the Shin Bet says, in protest of the IDF's ongoing operation in Gaza. Customers of major Israeli internet provider Netvision reported experiencing connection problems on Tuesday evening, which proved to be part of a DDOS attack, in other words, a cyber attack that cuts off service from a supplier to its customers. Follow Ynetnews on Facebook and Twitter  "The attempted attack was handled by the company by blocking the availability of websites from abroad," Netvision said Tuesday. "It seems that as a result, some customers have experienced sluggishness in receiving emails." http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4548857,00.html TweetMe Please

Hackers Are After Employee Data Now

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It’s not just credit-card numbers and email addresses that hackers are after. Daniel Schwartz of Shipman & Goodwin says that employees’ personal data is the next target, in this recent post on the Connecticut Employment Law Blog.

Schwartz cites an article this week in the New York Times which reports that Chinese hackers in March broke into U.S. government computer records containing the personal information of all federal employees. It says that private companies are seeing an increase in cyberattacks on employee personnel information, especially those in the defense industry.

He says this issue is beginning to fall into the purview of not only the corporate IT department, but also the human resource department, especially in light ofrecent events.

Read more: http://www.lawtechnologynews.com/id=1202663062087/Hackers-Are-After-Employee-Data-Now#ixzz37kMdbMW4

Hackers Are After Employee Data Now

It’s not just credit-card numbers and email addresses they're after.

Marlisse Silver Sweeney, Law Technology News

July 14, 2014    | 0 Comments

David Evison

It’s not just credit-card numbers and email addresses that hackers are after. Daniel Schwartz of Shipman & Goodwin says that employees’ personal data is the next target, in this recent post on the Connecticut Employment Law Blog.

Schwartz cites an article this week in the New York Times which reports that Chinese hackers in March broke into U.S. government computer records containing the personal information of all federal employees. It says that private companies are seeing an increase in cyberattacks on employee personnel information, especially those in the defense industry.

He says this issue is beginning to fall into the purview of not only the corporate IT department, but also the human resource department, especially in light ofrecent events.

Read more: http://www.lawtechnologynews.com/id=1202663062087/Hackers-Are-After-Employee-Data-Now#ixzz37UXzNJoV

Prosecutors Using RICO Law to Target Hackers

Federal prosecutors are using mob-busting tactics to catch and disrupt online crooks, applying a law written to dismantle Mafia families to pursue loose affiliations of thieves scattered around the world.

http://online.wsj.com/articles/cybercrime-is-likened-to-organized-crime-1404841253

'ANONYMOUS' PLANS CYBER WARFARE AGAINST COUNTRIES THAT SUPPORT ISIS

by JORDAN SCHACHTEL 1 Jul 2014, 5:50 PM PDT

Hacktivist group Anonymous is said to be planning a series of cyber attacks against countries it accuses of arming and abetting the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) militant jihadist group.

According to Forbes, the Anonymous campaign will be called Operation NO2ISIS. The hackers will attempt to subdue three countries they suspect have been financing and arming ISIS. A source told Forbes that they plan a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack aimed at rendering government websites inoperable. The source said Anonymous had plans to “unleash” its “entire legion” upon the three targeted states.

The Sunni Muslim Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is said to be one of the targets of the upcoming cyber attack. Saudi Arabia has often been accused of financing not just ISIS but also other radical jihadi such as Al Qaeda and the Al Nusra Front in Syria.

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2014/07/01/Anonymous-Hacktivist-Group-Plans-Cyber-Warfare-Against-Countries-That-Support-ISIS?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

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Stratfor hacker sentenced - LEGAL, hackers

By Steve Ragan, CSO

• Nov 16, 2013 8:55 AM
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Jeremy Hammond, the man responsible for the 2011 attack on Strategic Forecasting Inc., better known as Stratfor, pled guilty to his role in the attack and was sentenced on Friday to serve ten years in federal prison. However, Hammond's supporters maintain that his sentencing, indeed the case itself, was unbalanced and rife with problems from the beginning.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2064264/stratfor-hacker-sentenced.html

Financial Lobbyists Push for Cybersecutiry Legislation

Top financial-industry lobbyists pressed senators to move forward with cybersecurity legislation, part of an effort to re-energize a campaign that has lost steam amid revelations about the National Security Agency’s extensive domestic surveillance. In a letter to senior members of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, three financial-industry trade groups said their ability to prevent cyberattacks will be hindered unless Congress acts.

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2013/11/13/cybersecurity-legislation-gets-renewed-push-from-financial-firms/

Major Bitcoin theft from website, claims owner Bitcoins - BBC News - e-Commerce. Hackers,

Bitcoins are becoming more popular as a method of payment online

A man who ran an online "wallet service" for storing Bitcoins has claimed hackers stole virtual currency from his site worth more than one million Australian dollars.

The Australian man said 4,100 Bitcoins (US$1.04m, £650,000) were taken in two separate attacks. He said he would not report the theft to police as Bitcoin transactions are virtually impossible to trace.

Bitcoins are becoming more popular as a method of payment online

Indonesia Passes China to Become Top Source of Cyber-Attack Traffic - Bloomberg

The unexpected surge in cyber-attacks coming from Indonesia earlier this year wasn't a fluke. The country has overtaken China to become the No. 1 source of attack traffic in the world, according to a report by Akamai Technologies to be published later today.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-10-15/indonesia-passes-china-to-become-top-source-of-cyber-attack-traffic.html