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20:33 • 2 months ago

The malware was employed in an attack against Apple and other companies, and was spread through a website for software developers.

A statement from Apple • Referring to a malware incident which struck the computers of some of their employees today, believed to have been caused by the same code that hit Facebook last Friday. Apple said that a small amount fo employee systems were afflicted after visiting a website for software developers, where the malware was picked up, and that they’re currently working with law enforcement. They also indicated they’ll be releasing a software update soon, to safeguard users on the consumer end. source

20:16 • 1 year ago

NASA skimps on cyber security, China hacks us regularly as a result

Tags: china cracking cyber security cyber war hackers hacking IT nasa security space space exploration 35 • Permalink

3.9% of NASA’s IT budget is allocated to cyber security
13 successful hacking attempts were carried out against NASA last year source

» You get what you pay for: Really, guys? Thirteen times in a year? This means NASA gets hacked more often than I pay my phone bill. But maybe that’s to be expected when you spend so little on cyber security. This is all based on testimony from the agency’s inspector general, Paul Martin, and the rest of his testimony is quite terrifying. For example, Martin says that hackers working through Chinese IP addresses were able to gain full system access to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, steal user credentials from over 150 NASA employees, and modify system logs to cover up their tracks. Let’s hope it was just a couple of bored middle schoolers.

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