Aug 23
An Unknown Hacker Group Claims That It Shut Down the World’s Largest Oil Company—And That They’ll Do It Again [Hacking]
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The NY Times is reporting that unknown computer hackers who call themselves “Cutting Sword of Justice” have claimed responsibility for spreading a malicious virus into Saudi Aramco, the Saudi government-owned oil company that’s also the world’s largest, and destroying three-quarters of all its computers. The hackers used a similar virus as the government created virus, Flame. More »
I guess it is a given these days to know that one ought not to simply open up any attachments in the email, as you can never quite tell whether there is some malicious code behind that file or not. For those who prefer to throw caution to the wind, it is bad enough that your computer gets infected with a virus or malware, but the situation just got a whole lot worse when you discover that your computer is connected to the rest of the corporation’s network, resulting in a potential security compromise on a far larger scale. One of the more recent malware to hit the scene would be Shamoon, where it allegedly overwrites the master boot record in order to render the computer useless. 
