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AlienSpy RAT: Proofpoint analysis

The media recently reported [1] on a potential targeted cyberattack on Alberto Nisman, an Argentine prosecutor who was found dead under mysterious circumstances. The file purportedly found on his phone was reported by the Argentine media to be named “Estrictamente Secreto y Confidencial.pdf.jar”, and as discovered and reported by the researcher Marquis-Boire, a file was indeed uploaded to VirusTotal [2] with the same name. The file was uploaded from Argentina and the upload is time stamped to “2015-05-29 18:48:24”. The file is JAR (Java Archive) file and is a variant of the AlienSpy Remote Access Trojan, or RAT.

: THE EDITORIAL TEAM; Case Studies; Posted On Monday, 17 August 2015 11:41

Mozilla Firefox Critical Exploit

Firefox issued an update for its browser after it was discovered that a vulnerability that allows a violation of the same origin policy and injects a script into a non-privileged part of the built-in PDF Viewer. This would allow an attacker to read and steal sensitive local files on the victim's computer.

: SECURITY EXPERT; Talking Point; Posted On Friday, 14 August 2015 21:03

Industrial Control System (ICS) security summit returns to Amsterdam

UK: From the 22nd to 28th of September, SANS ICS Amsterdam 2015 will host four dedicated training courses for those tasked with securing Industrial Control Systems at the Radisson Blu, Amsterdam. The event kicks off on Sunday 22nd with a two day ICS Security Summit at NH Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky also in central Amsterdam.

: DAWN NICHOLLS; Industry News; Posted On Friday, 14 August 2015 20:48

World Trade Agreement removes long standing barriers to lucrative government contracts

WASHINGTON, DC: The New Zealand Government's signing, recently, of the World Trade Organisation's (WTO) Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) has presented a massive opportunity. Sir William Gallagher, CEO and Chairman of the Gallagher Group, is overjoyed at the potential this agreement presents for his global security business. "As with all New Zealand companies, we've long faced challenges in competing for Government business offshore. This agreement gives us the opportunity to simply and directly present our highly innovative government security solutions to the world," said Sir William.