IntelFusion: FLASH Traffic Archives

Last Updated on Monday, 22 February 2010 11:28 Written by Jeffreycarr Monday, 21 September 2009 07:55

The following is the complete list of published IntelFusion: FLASH Traffic (IFT) weekly briefs. If you’re interested in acquiring a past issue or obtaining subscription rates, contact me from your work e-mail address.

IntelFusion: FLASH Traffic is a weekly deliverable for C-level executives and senior government officials who need to be briefed on the latest regional cyber threats in jargon-free, highly condensed format. It contains original analysis prepared by Project Grey Goose’s international team of law enforcement, intelligence, Internet security, and military professionals on emerging cyber threats in six regions: Asia, Australia, Africa, the Americas, the European Union, and the Russian Federation/Commonwealth of Independent States.

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22 FEB 2010 Issue

• The scope of FSB authority over companies operating inside the Russian Federation should raise U.S. national security concerns

15 FEB 2010 Issue

• Russian Spear Phishing Attack of 10 Feb 2010 targets .gov and .mil employees with a spoofed email from GreyLogic CEO Jeffrey Carr

08 FEB 2010 Issue

• Ruskyhost.ru targets U.S. government and military passwords in NIC/NSA Spear Phishing campaign

01 FEB 2010 Issue

• The FSB targets Energy Grid technology at German firms

25 JAN 2010 Issue

• Russian Information Security Training in 2010 and Beyond: What You Need to Know

18 JAN 2010 Issue

11 JAN 2010 Issue

• Information Security for RF Networks is Researched and Developed at Moscow State Institute of Electronics and Mathematics – Department of Applied Mathematics

04 JAN 2010 Issue

• Moscow State Institute of Radio Engineering, Electronics and Automation (MIREA) (Faculty of Information Technology – Faculty of Cybernetics)
• German hacker “Kingcope “ reveals how to read Mission Control data from Predator video feeds

28 DEC 09 Issue

• Last week’s threat assessment and NWA flight 523
• StopThem.ru targets Georgian and U.S. Government Websites

21 DEC 09 Issue

• 27 December 2009: Elevated threat for a possible radical Muslim hacker attack
• Russian State Humanities University (Faculty of Information Security)

16 DEC 09 Issue (supplemental)

• U.S. Army G1 Intranet is cracked by Muslim hacker crew led by Agd_Scorp

14 DEC 09 Issue

• Coverage of the essential Directorates of the FSB Academy (Institute of Cryptography, Telecommunications and Informatics – IKSI)

07 DEC 09 Issue

• Emerging Threat: Brazilian and Turkish hackers and the Philippines hydroelectric project
• Moscow State Technical University: training to counter foreign intelligence

30 NOV 09 Issue

• The Moscow Engineering Physics Institute: InfoSec training for the FSB

23 NOV 09 Issue

• Brazilian blogger posts evidence of how a hacker could turn off Brazil’s lights.
• Five Department of Energy-approved Services Companies have had their web
  servers attacked.

16 NOV 09 Issue

• Russian military hackers recieve formal training at Military Aviation Engineering University at Voronezh.
• U.S. Department of Defense sensitive personnel data remains web-accessible after being revealed in early 2009.

09 NOV 09 Issue

• Is Turkey leveraging its hacker population to strengthen its regional power base?

02 NOV 09 issue

• Turkish hacker crew shows interest in SCADA targets.
• As the Social Web redefines online trust, Phishing becomes the top attack vector.
• Hacking Nuclear Command & Control: Using DDoS to force a nuclear missile launch.

26 OCT 09 issue

• Virus of Romanian origin infects Integral Energy’s IT network.
• China Huaneng Group’s agreement with Duke Energy bears closer examination as a national security matter.

19 OCT 09 issue

• Questionable new GhostNet study by unknown company claims Portugal government websites have been compromised and sensitive data stolen.
• Digital Sky Technologies’ profitable Facebook clone Vkontakte.ru integrates a P2P file sharing module which may be used to breach personal files of users.

13 OCT 09 issue

• Intel’s Nizhny Novgorod Lab and its FSB connections are a case study in the security implications of collaborative research facilities.
• China’s ‘Father of Information Warfare’ stressed the importance of education in 1995. China is now reaping the rewards.

• Elevated threat to DoD/IC users of Facebook, MySpace, and other social software service providers which operate in the Russian Internet space (RUNET).

28 SEP 09 issue

• DDoS attack against Ukrainian hosting provider signals possible organized crime use of botnets to influence 2010 Ukrainian Presidential election.

21 SEP 09 issue

• The Kremlin School of Bloggers: An asset in the Russian Federation’s Information Warfare arsenal.
• Pakistani hackers crack Ford India Web site and collect personal information on Indian citizens.
• RSNET (Russian State Network) is fast-tracked to protect government communications on the Internet.

14 SEP 09 issue

• Chinese researchers, funded by the PRC, identify a new vulnerability in the U.S. power grid.

07 SEP 09 issue

• First China, now Russia, to monitor Skype conversations (also Google Talk and ICQ).
• Rove Digital predates and survives ESTDomains shutdowns as a preeminent cyber crime services center.

31 AUG 09 issue

• A Command and Control server used in a botnet attack against Ingushetia.org on 26 JUL 09 and 30 JUL 09 has been linked to the Russian Business Network.
• Confidential personal information is stolen in bulk and resold as a service on underground Russian Web sites, one of which is hosted by SoftLayer Technologies of Plano, TX.

24 AUG 09 issue

• Recent reports of a shift in power / rising conflict between Putin and Medvedev is a strategic attempt by the Kremlin to deflect criticism of recent actions by creating the perception that “change” is the order of the day.
• Wireless device exploits are rising in Australia, China, the U.S. and Russia while Russian MoD research to protect its own networks is under development.
• China’s status as an emerging mega-market and its upcoming World Expo in 2010 will result in an increase in targeted phishing campaigns as seen recently in Australia.
• The next multi-million host botnet will emerge from Africa as broadband undersea cables come online, while Anti-Virus services remain unaffordable to most companies and individuals there.
• Bots are replacing humans on Russian Social Networks. Is Facebook next? The national security implications of bots building trust networks on the Social Web.