Cyber Warfare
Info Sec Highlights from the DHS Open Source Report 12-22-2009
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009Twitter Hack Linked to Internal Security Breach
Attackers used a set of valid Twitter credentials to change DNS setting and redirect surfers to a protest site last Friday, according to site administrators. The previously unknown group who carried out the attack wrote a message criticizing US “interference” in recent Iranian elections.
Full Story:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/12/21/twitter_dns_hack_follow_up/
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Info Sec Highlights from the DHS Open Source Report 12-21-2009
Monday, December 21st, 2009Hackers Steal South Korean-US Military Secrets
A suspected hack occurred last month when a South Korean officer failed to remove a USB device when he switched a military computer from a restricted-access intranet to the Internet. The USB device contained a summary of plans for military operations by South Korean and U.S. troops in case of [...]