An interesting paste today by PH1K3 lets us follow along during an attempt to hack the host/dns provider for smtp.nsa.gov.
Category: Government Sector
Naikon Hackers Take Aim At Asia-Pacific Nations, Warns Kaspersky
Tom Jowitt reports: Security specialists Kaspersky Lab has warned of an active hacker collective that goes by the name of Naikon and is targeting a number of countries in the South China Sea area. The group has apparently infiltrated a number of government, civil and military organisations in countries such as the Philippines, Malaysia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Vietnam,…
Hackers attack Bundestag data
The Local reports: A Bundestag (German parliament) official on Friday confirmed media reports about a hacking attack on the institution. “There has been an attack on the IT systems of the Bundestag,” spokesman Ernst Habeker said in Berlin. Experts from the Bundestag administration and the Government Office for Information Technology Security (BSI) are working to…
HealthCare.gov Contractor Optum Declares Its Job Done
Louise Radnofsky reports: The contractor tapped to rescue the flailing HealthCare.gov in the fall of 2013 declared its work finished Thursday and said it doesn’t plan to continue overseeing the website that sells subsidized insurance to millions of Americans as part of the federal health law. […] Many of the remaining technological challenges for the…
FL: Personal information, FBI report left in scrapped cop car
NBC2 reports: In less than ten minutes searching through Lee County scrap yards we found W2’s, bank statements, check books, Social Security numbers, date of birth and medical records. […] During our search we found numerous arrest reports and witness statements sitting in a retired Cape Coral Police squad car inside a scrap yard…. We found…
OIG identifies big HHS security shortfalls
Erin McCann reports: The IT infrastructure office at the Department of Health and Human Services has some serious security problems. This after the office received a less than satisfactory security report card from the Office of Inspector General this week. After reviewing the security controls at HHS’ Office of Information Technology Infrastructure and Operations, or…