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Lockheed-Martin Attack Signals New Era of Cyber Espionage

The network of defense contractor Lockheed-Martin was attacked using counterfeit electronic keys. The attack against RSA Security does not appear to have been a random crime of opportunity, but rather a targeted attack calculated with the goal of acquiring the keys necessary to tackle larger prey. The entire incident — starting from the RSA Security attack and compromise of the SecurID tokens –illustrates that malware and cyber-crime are becoming more insidious. Malware has evolved from a trivial, script-kiddie nuisance, to a professional crime syndicate, and now into a tool for precision corporate and government espionage.”]

Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2128623/lockheed-martin-attack-signals-new-era-of-cyber-espionage.html

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