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Researchers unearth more Chinese links to defense contractor attacks

Posted: January 27th, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: Security | Tags: , , , , , , , | No Comments »

Symantec researchers have uncovered additional clues that point to Chinese hacker involvement in attacks against a large number of Western companies, including major U.S. defense contractors.

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Symantec confirms Flash exploits targeted defense companies

Posted: December 8th, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Security | Tags: , , , , , , | No Comments »

Security researchers at Symantec today confirmed that exploits of an unpatched Adobe Reader vulnerability targeted defense contractors, among other businesses.

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Hackers hit oil, gas, defense companies in Norway

Posted: November 20th, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Security | Tags: , , , | No Comments »

A single group of hackers using spearphishing has stolen industrial drawings, contracts and more from at least 10 oil, gas and defense companies in Norway, according to a published report.

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China denies role in hack of Japanese defense contractor

Posted: September 21st, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Security | Tags: , , , , , , | No Comments »

A Chinese government official today denied any involvement in the attack that compromised scores of servers belonging to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Japan’s largest defense contractor.

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RSA spearphish attack may have hit US defense organizations

Posted: September 9th, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Security | Tags: , , , | No Comments »

The hackers who broke into EMC’s RSA Security division last March used the same attack code to try to break into several other companies, including two U.S. national security organizations, according to data provided by the VirusTotal website.

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Google adds download defense to Chrome, patches 15 bugs

Posted: June 8th, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Security | Tags: , , , , , , | No Comments »

Version 12 of Google Chrome became available Tuesday, along with patches for 15 bugs in the browser.

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