cyber-warfare

Fireeye Hit by Cyberattack

Major Cyber Security Firm Attacked One of the largest cyber security firms in the US has been hit by a successful cyberattack. Cyber security giant FireEye published a blog post describing the event. CEO Kevin Mandia said the hack most likely came from a nation-state attacker: “Based on my 25 years in cyber security and responding to incidents, I’ve concluded we are witnessing an attack by a nation with top-tier offensive capabilities,” Mandia said in his post.

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Iranian APT Charming Kitten Training Videos Exposed

Iranian Hacking Group’s Training Videos Available Online An Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) is a state-sponsored cyber-offensive group who perpetrare international acts of cyberwarfare against political enemies and opposing countries. Charming Kitten are an Iranian APT, famous for leaking episodes and scripts from HBO’s Game of Thrones in 2017. A elementary error by a member of the APT has left one of their cloud resources unsecured and accessible from the internet.

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