http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9221335/_Nitro_hackers_use_stock_malware_to_steal_chemical_defense_secrets By Gregg Keizer Computerworld October 31, 2011 Attackers used an off-the-shelf Trojan horse to sniff out secrets from nearly 50 companies, many of them in the chemical and defense industries, Symantec researchers said today. The attack campaign -- which Symantec tagged as "Nitro" -- started no later than last July and continued until mid-September, targeting an unknown number of companies and infecting at least 48 firms with the "Poison Ivy" remote-access Trojan (RAT). Poison Ivy, which was created by a Chinese hacker, is widely available on the Internet, including from a dedicated website. The malware has been implicated in numerous attacks, including the March campaign that hacked the network of RSA Security and swiped information about that company's SecurID authentication token technology. [...] _____________________________________________________ Subscribe to InfoSec News - www.infosecnews.org http://www.infosecnews.org/mailman/listinfo/isnReceived on Tue Nov 01 2011 - 00:48:27 PDT
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