Past cyberattacks on scores of organizations around the world were conducted with top-secret hacking tools that were exposed recently by the Web publisher Wikileaks, the security researcher Symantec Corp. said.
That means the attacks were likely conducted by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The files posted by WikiLeaks appear to show internal CIA discussions of various tools for hackingRead more
A previously unknown group called “Strider” has been conducting cyber-espionage attacks against selected targets in Russia, China, Sweden, and Belgium, US-based computer security firm Symantec Corp. said.
The group, which has been active since at least October 2011 and could have links to a national intelligence agency, has been using an advanced piece of hidden malware identified by Symantec asRead more