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| Devastating Sony Hack Just A Malware Rehash, Say Experts |
| 2014-12-18 |
| [IsraelTimes] In a pattern that is becoming disturbingly common, the server hack that has nearly ruined the business of Sony Pictures was used at least twice in the past, according to an Israeli cybersecurity expert. “There is much similarity, both in code and methods, between the malware that hit Sony — Trojan Destover\BKDR_WIPALL.A — and two other data-erasing malware — Disttrack\Shamoon — that hit Saudi company ARAMCO in 2012, and the DarkSeoul attack on South Korean banks and TV broadcasters in 2013,” Sariel Moshe of Israeli cyber-security firm CyActive wrote in a blog post. “Even in such damaging scenarios, the cyber attacker’s tools are reused. For them, if it worked once, tweak it a bit and it will work again. The attack on Sony demonstrates quite clearly that this method works quite well.” |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #3 Pity. Was kind of hoping that NK had revealed a military capability in order to protect dear leader's poor little feelings. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2014-12-18 12:07 |
| #2 the rest of the folks outside of Hollywood really don't care. This type of attack (especially the data erasing parts) can be used on other types of companies as well. If you don't care about these types of attacks, you should. Al |
| Posted by: frozen al 2014-12-18 12:06 |
| #1 These geniuses in Hollywood ought to be able to figure out this thing. IMO the rest of the folks outside of Hollywood really don't care. On a larger scale, I suppose one could be concerned as it is an cyber assault on the country and could bode a larger security problem. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2014-12-18 08:08 |