OPERATION AURORA - The Attack from China (A Must read)
This is important!
I feel that as a Cyber/Internet Security blogger, I should use this opportunity to inform everyone about the latest internet attack which has devastated even giants like Google and Microsoft.
McAfee Labs has disclosed on their security blog that “it is working around the clock’ and ‘diving deep’ to unravel the latest attack which it has dubbed “Aurora” that hit multiple companies and was publicly disclosed by Google on Tuesday.
INTERNET EXPLORER IS THE CULPRIT SO WATCH YOUR BROWSER
The latest malware exploits a previously unknown vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer. The organisation says it has informed Microsoft about the issue and this prompted Microsoft to publish an advisory on Thursday afternoon.
On its blog, Microsoft says, “Based upon our investigations, we have determined that Internet Explorer was one of the vectors used in targeted and sophisticated attacks against Google and possibly other corporate networks. Today, Microsoft issued guidance to help customers mitigate a Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability in Internet Explorer.
Google says the attack was not just on Google. "As part of our investigation we have discovered that at least twenty other large companies from a wide range of businesses–including the Internet, finance, technology, media and chemical sectors–have been similarly targeted. We are currently in the process of notifying those companies, and we are also working with the relevant U.S. authorities".
The German Government has even asked its citizens not to use Internet Explorer.
NOTE THAT YOUR ANTI-VIRUS HAS NO ANSWER TO THIS ATTACK! SO DON'T RELY ON IT TO SAVE YOUR SYSTEM.
Posting the full report here will wear out the reader so you can read the full report, possible solutions and how you can protect yourself here:
http://www.gbconcepts.net/blog/?p=106
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