Tag: spearphishing
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Cyber attackers breach defences at secret US labs
Spearphishing and trojans penetrate research lab security. At least one major US science lab, used to handle highly classified government and military material, has had its networks penetrated by hackers, using targeted email campaigns to sneak custom trojans onto systems and extract data. While no information has emerged on the source of the attacks, rumours…
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Monster haul of data reaped from job site
Trojan gathers 1.6 million sets of jobseeker records. Researchers at Symantec have reported discovering a server carrying 1.6 million entries from the popular jobseeking website Monster.com , gathered by a trojan using stolen login information. The trojan, dubbed ‘Infostealer.Monstres’ by Symantec , uses logins to Monster ‘s sites for recruiters, which allow information on millions…