Spearphishing Infiltrates Israeli Organizations
Seculert is reporting that Israeli organizations, including the Civil Administration of Judea and Samaria, have been compromised by spearphishers. The attack emails masqueraded as originating from Shin-Bet, the Israel Security Agency. At least 15 computers were infected with Xtreme RAT, a form of remote access software that opens a back door for the attackers to access systems. Although the attack messages had clues that the messages were suspicious (suspicious email address, poor grammar), the attack again demonstrates that people processing email in an operational environment are not forensic engineers -- people are creatures of habit responding to clues of perceived [...]