http://www.metafilter.com/tags/cyber Posts tagged with 'cyber' at MetaFilter. Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:34:53 -0800 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:34:53 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/70295/Supertargeted%2Dspear%2Dphishing%2Dattacks The recent cyber attacks on <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/21/AR2008032102605.html">pro-Tibet groups</a> in the U.S. (<a href="http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00001406.html">attack details</a>, <a href="http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=4177">technical data</a>) and on the <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/20/AR2008032003193.html">Save Darfur</a> Coalition, among <a href="http://www.scmagazineus.com/Olympic-spam-carries-malicious-code-MessageLabs/article/107232/">others</a>, have managed to catch the attention of some in the mainstream media. Such super-targeted <a href="http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid14_gci1134829,00.html">spear phishing</a> attacks have been on the <a href="http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:xywpL9uO1CsJ:www.ci.hillsboro.or.us/Police/documents/Argus/SpearPhishing-11-03-05.pdf">rise</a> for several years, and have become an important <a href="http://resources.zdnet.co.uk/articles/features/0,1000002000,39365959,00.htm">tool</a> for corporate <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9045564">espionage</a> and military <a href="http://www.fcw.com/online/news/97186-1.html">infiltration</a> attempts. <a href="http://govexec.com/dailyfed/0807/082207mm.htm">Teaching users</a> to recognize such attack emails is probably the most effective deterrence, as <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/11/09/Zero-day-specialists-hooked-on-spear-phishing_1.html">technology</a> solutions have shown to not be particularly effective. Some companies and government agencies even conduct <a href="http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB112424042313615131-z_8jLB2WkfcVtgdAWf6LRh733sg_20060817.html">sting operations</a> to ferret out which internal users fail the test, targeting them for additional training. Thanks to <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/user/12845">homunculus</a> for <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/70026/Trouble-on-the-Roof-of-the-World#2056111">encouraging</a> me to post on this. tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.70295 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:34:53 -0800 attack cyber deterrence espionage malware phishing spearphishing Tibet trojan gemmy http://www.metafilter.com/43064/Does%2Danyone%2Deven%2Duse%2Dcyber%2Danymore <a href="http://www.canneslions.com/winners/cyber/">Cannes Cyber Lions Winners:</a> <a href="http://www.comeclean.com/">Come Clean</a> and <a href="http://infectous.plugin.com.br/reality/">Super Bonder Instant</a> win the Grand Prix, but that's <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/37236">old</a> <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/42816">news </a>on the blue. tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.43064 Sun, 26 Jun 2005 16:01:14 -0800 Cannes ComeCLean Cyber GrandPrix Lions SuperBonderInstant Winner quiet