http://www.darkreading.com/advanced-threats/167901091/security/attacks-breaches/231601981/lurid-apt-type-attacks-target-former-ussr-region.html By Kelly Jackson Higgins Dark Reading Sept 22, 2011 Another day, another targeted attack campaign: This time, however, the former Soviet Union is in the bull's eye. At least 50 victim organizations ranging from government ministries and agencies, diplomatic missions, research institutions, and commercial entities have been hit in the former Soviet Union region and other countries. Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, and Vietnam have been hit hardest in the apparent industrial espionage campaign that has been going on at least since August 2010. The advanced persistent threat (APT)-type attacks -- dubbed "Lurid" after the Trojan malware family being used in it -- has infected some 1,465 computers in 61 countries with more than 300 targeted attacks. The attackers deployed a command-and-control (C&C) infrastructure of some 15 domain names and 10 IP addresses to keep their foothold in the victim machines. "This seems to be a notable attack in that respect: It doesn't target Western countries or states. It seems to be the reverse this time," says Jamz Yaneza, a research director at Trend Micro. [...] _____________________________________________________________ Register now for the #HITB2011KUL - Asia's premier deep-knowledge network security event now in it's 9th year! http://conference.hitb.org/hitbsecconf2011kul/Received on Fri Sep 23 2011 - 02:49:12 PDT
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