New type of cyber-attack targets govt bodies, firms

[InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>]

http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0000711266

The Yomiuri Shimbun
October 9, 2013

At least 20 organizations, including central government bodies such as the 
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry, along with major companies, 
came under a new type of targeted cyber-attack in August and September, 
where some computers were found to have been infected with a virus that 
steals confidential information, it has been learned.

Attackers implanted the virus on certain websites. When people using 
targeted computers browsed these sites, the computers were infected with 
the virus. The virus did not attack non-targeted computers.

The National Information Security Center has been increasingly alert about 
the latest cyber-attacks, saying, "This is a new technique targeting 
Japan’s confidential information."

According to investigations by NISC and The Yomiuri Shimbun, organizations 
that came under these cyber-attacks also include the Foreign Ministry and 
the Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry as well as independent 
administrative institutions, such as the National Hospital Organization, 
TV stations and defense-related companies.

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