ClearSky Cyberdefense Forum

Four people were arrested in the Philippines last week on charges that they hacked into the trunk lines of multiple U.S. telecommunication companies, including AT&T.

http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/attacks/232200252

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2065816/Worm-Apple–Criminals-hack-iTunes-control-PCS–selll-PC-info-foreign-spies.html

The UK has published their four years cyber strategy.

“Our vision is for the UK in 2015 to derive huge economic and social value from a
vibrant, resilient and secure cyberspace, where our actions, guided by our core
values of liberty, fairness, transparency and the rule of law, enhance prosperity,
national security and a strong society”

http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/sites/default/files/resources/The%20UK%20Cyber%20Security%20Strategy-%20web%20ver.pdf#page=1

A number of UK banks have undergone an exercise to demonstrate that they can cope with a cyber attack that prevents customers from accessing cash, and public transport disruptions during the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Some 87 financial firms and banks, including HSBC, Barclays, Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds, took part in the exercise yesterday. The aim was to see how quickly the financial sector could restore services to ‘business as usual’ after major disruption.

http://www.cfoworld.co.uk/news/risk/3320539/banks-simulate-olympics-cyber-attack/

Three software engineers used logic bombing, a cyber attack technique, to disable the Common Use Passengers Processing System (CUPPS) they had helped install at Terminal 3 of the IGIA.

http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Bangalore/3-Bangalore-techies-crippled-Delhi-Airport-in-June/Article1-771868.aspx

Foreign hackers caused a pump at an Illinois water plant to fail last week, according to a preliminary state report. Experts said the cyber-attack, if confirmed, would be the first known to have damaged one of the systems that supply Americans with water, electricity and other essentials of modern life.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/checkpoint-washington/post/foreign-hackers-broke-into-illinois-water-plant-control-system-industry-expert-says/2011/11/18/gIQAgmTZYN_blog.html

NEW DELHI: Investigators have unearthed a new and deadly pattern of cyber attacks in which Indian government servers have been used by foreign entities to target the computer networks of third countries.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/news/internet/Govt-servers-used-for-cyber-attacks-on-China-other-countries-networks/articleshow/10760699.cms

As we informed you earlier, we’ve recently been conducting an investigation into a number of incidents in connection with a Duqu trojan infection. Thankfully we’ve been able to make some headway in getting to the bottom of Duqu and putting together several of the previously absent components without which it has been difficult to understand what’s actually been going on.

http://www.securelist.com/en/blog/208193243/The_Duqu_Saga_Continues_Enter_Mr_B_Jason_and_TVs_Dexter

Federal authorities are concerned about new research showing U.S. prisons are vulnerable to computer hackers, who could remotely open cell doors to aid jailbreaks.

The Federal Bureau of Prisons is “aware of this research and taking it very seriously,” spokesman Chris Burke told The Washington Times.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/nov/4/feds-concerned-about-hackers-opening-prison-doors/

Security researchers from antivirus vendor Kaspersky Lab warn that cybercriminals hacked into the DNS (Domain Name System) servers of several Brazilian ISPs and used them to redirect users to websites that distributed malware.

http://www.csoonline.com/article/693479/brazilian-hackers-use-dns-poisoning-to-infect-users-with-banking-trojan