Friday, 14 November 2014, 3:27 pm Press Release: Symantec
Cybersecurity strikers target G20:
Symantec
Symantec has warned the upcoming G20
Summit is an attractive target for the ‘Flea attack
group’ – malicious cybersecurity strikers.
The group
has been circulating mischievous emails throughout 2014 in
anticipation of the Brisbane event. Targets include
international economic organisations as well as a group
connected to multiple monetary authorities. Once the
attackers have compromised their target’s computers, they
identify and steal valuable information from them – which
could prove to be a major issue for G20 organisers.
We
have a Symantec security expert available to discuss the
threat, and you can read Symantec’s blog post here.
In addition, Symantec’s G20
Threat Intelligence has shown the most potentially damaging
activity targeting the G20 involves state-sponsored
intrusions and spying, and that expected cyber-attacks
include website defacement and Distributed Denial of Service
(DDoS)
attacks.
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