Cyber-espionage spilled from governments into the private sector

What is YOUR exposure to being a target of cyber criminals? What information does your company have, that when put together with the information from a hundred other companies, could be used against you or against the security of the US?

 

More importantly, would you know if your company information is already actively being compromised?

 

-DT

 

Article found in InfoWorld, Jan 15, 2008

 

Cyber-espionage moves into B2B

The SANS Institute says that cyber-espionage has spilled from governments into the private sector and that it will expand in international business in 2008

 

Excerpt:

The practice of cyber-espionage is rapidly moving beyond the government sector and finding its way into the world of international business, according to experts with SANS Institute, one of the world's top IT security training organizations.

 

While the United States and Chinese governments, most notably, have accused each other in recent years of carrying out surreptitious hacking campaigns aimed at stealing strategic information from their respective IT systems -- and many security experts believe that both countries, and many others, are actively engaging in such electronic warfare -- leaders with SANS maintain that the practice has recently begun to spill over into the private sector with greater frequency.

 

According to the training institute's latest research, cyber-espionage efforts funded by "well-resourced organizations" -- including both government-backed and private efforts -- will expand significantly during 2008, in particular as overseas companies look to gain an upper hand in negotiating business deals with large companies based in the U.S. and Europe.

 

Link: http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/01/15/Cyber-espionage-moves-into-B2B_1.html

 

 

Hackable Systems on new Boeing Dreamliner

Yikes. I wonder if this is why I have to turn my computer off during takeoff and landing.

DT

 

January 7, Computer Weekly – (National) Concerns over Boeing ‘Dreamliner’ IT

flight systems. Hackers may be able to access aircraft flight and management systems in

Boeing’s new mid-range jet, the 787-8, according to the U.S. Federal Aviation

Authority. The FAA said that there are links between the networks that run the

passenger “domain,” which allows passengers to access the internet during flights, and

aircraft-management systems. This means they do not contain “adequate or appropriate

safety standards for protection and security of airplane systems and data networks

against unauthorized access,” the FAA said. A Boeing spokesman said the aircraft

maker was aware of the problem and would test its fix in March, when the so-called

Dreamliner makes its maiden flight. It delayed the first flight in September last year, and

postponed deliveries by six months to the end of 2008. At the time it noted an

“increasing risk to the delivery schedule,” and said “the margin to accommodate

unexpected issues had been eliminated.”

 

Source: http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=228784