Stratfor — The Other Shoe Drops
Just before Christmas 2011, Stratfor was hacked by Anonymous. The means of that attack are unknown. Government Computer News is now reporting that the stolen Stratfor data are being used to send deceptive targeted emails to government email addresses. Microsoft has published technical details of the attack, including this sample fake email: The fake email delivers a malicious attachment in the form of a pdf file with a virus. Microsoft elaborated on the attack: The link displayed in the emails appears legitimate at first glance, but looking closely at the target address, you notice that it doesn't originate from the [...]