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Cyber Threat SA from Abu Dhabi Homeland Security Summit Middle East

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Good day from Abu Dhabi, Additional Cyber Threat Situational Awareness @ the Homeland Security Summit Middle East –

People’s Republic of China High-ranking Military Spies Woo Australia Business Leaders


http://chinaview.wordpress.com/2013/05/26/china-high-ranking-military-spies-woo-australia-business-leaders/

Watch a Chinese “Cyber Espionage Unit” Steal Files from an American Hard Drive in Real-Time

See it @
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/watch-a-chinese-cyber-espionage-unit-steal-files-from-an-american-hard-drive

People’s Republic of China PLA’s “Department of Enemy Work” Reachs Out to Western Elites in Australia and US


http://chinaview.wordpress.com/2013/05/26/china-armys-department-of-enemy-work-reachs-out-to-western-elites-in-australia-and-us/

No Chrome, No Firefox: Why Chinese Online Banking Still Requires Internet Explorer


http://www.techinasia.com/chrome-firefox-chinese-online-banking-requires-internet-explorer/

People’s Republic of China’s Huawei: ‘trust us, we are being transparent’


http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/05/28/huawei_trust_us_we_are_being_transparent/

People’s Republic of China’s Huawei’s Middle East Revenue Up 18% – ChinaTechNews.com –


http://www.chinatechnews.com/2013/05/28/19369-huaweis-middle-east-revenue-up-18

ASIO hack: Julia Gillard defends intelligence funding for spy agency after Four Corners report


http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-28/gillard-defends-intelligence-funding-in-wake-of-asio-hack/4718166

People’s Republic of China dismisses Australian spy HQ hacking claims


http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/may/28/china-asio-australian-spy-hq-hacking-claims

People’s Republic of China ‘hacked’ new Australian spy HQ | News | DW.DE | 28.05.2013


http://www.dw.de/china-hacked-new-australian-spy-hq/a-16841717?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-xml-atom

Telecoms official: G20 could be platform for cybersecurity


http://www.euractiv.com/infosociety/huawei-cyber-chief-use-g20-platf-interview-528069?

Iran’s approaching vote brings receding Web access


http://www.sfgate.com/business/technology/article/Iran-s-approaching-vote-brings-receding-Web-access-4551232.php

New Computer Attacks Traced to Iran, Officials Say


http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/25/world/middleeast/new-computer-attacks-come-from-iran-officials-say.html?

This Pentagon Project Makes Cyberwar as Easy as Angry Birds | Danger Room | Wired.com


http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2013/05/pentagon-cyberwar-angry-birds/

Frustrated Chinese send complaints to White House website


http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/may/28/chinese-complaints-white-house-website

Semper Fi,

謝謝

紅龍

Cyber Situational Awareness stories from the International Cyber Front…yes folks Asymmetric Cyber Conflict

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Red Dragon Rising bids you a great morning from Abu Dhabi & the Middle East Homeland Security Summit.

Here are some of the latest Cyber Situational Awareness stories from the International front you need to know…

Confidential report lists U.S. weapons system designs compromised by Chinese cyberspies

See the entire story @ http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/confidential-report-lists-us-weapons-system-designs-compromised-by-chinese-cyberspies/2013/05/27/a42c3e1c-c2dd-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html

軍事行動古村 OP Middle Kingdom achieves objective of complete colonization of Australia…US scare tactics to keep Chinese business out

http://www.smh.com.au/it-pro/security-it/us-scare-tactics-to-keep-chinese-business-out-20130527-2n7lb.html

Premier Li : People’s Republic of China, Germany now economic ‘dream team’ OP Middle Kingdom continues…Colonization of Europe continues under OP Middle Kingdom…Germany acknowledges People’s Republic of China as the True Global Leader…

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/27/us-china-germany-li-idUSBRE94Q0JZ20130527

OP Middle Kingdom (軍事行動古村) captures United Kingdom as the People’s Republic of China continues affirmative colonization of the United Kingdom…UK and Germany ‘oppose duties on People’s Republic of China duties’

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22684663

Tracing APT_163QQ Malware from the People’s Republic of China…Hong Kong

http://espionageware.blogspot.hk/

People’s Republic of China’s PLA: Electronic warfare unit in simulated offense-and-defense drill – People’s Daily Online

http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90786/8253243.html

As Chinese Leader’s Visit Nears, United States Will Be Urged to Allow Retaliation Against Cyberattacks

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/22/world/asia/as-chinese-leaders-visit-nears-us-urged-to-allow-retaliation-for-cyberattacks.html?

Iranian Hackers targeting US oil, gas, and electric companies

http://thehackernews.com/2013/05/iranian-hackers-targeting-us-oil-gas.html

The U.S.-China Showdown Over Cyber Attacks Heats Up

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-05-24/the-u-dot-s-dot-china-showdown-over-cyberhacking-heats-up

Strike Back If People’s Republic of China Steals IP, Companies Told —

http://www.informationweek.com/security/attacks/strike-back-if-china-steals-ip-companies/240155480

People’s Republic of China’s Coexistence Strategy and the Consequences for World Order

http://www.jamestown.org/programs/chinabrief/single/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=40914&cHash=d8be948bc55dcb0d41788b4b876db5c6

Missile Defense with Chinese Characteristics

http://www.jamestown.org/programs/chinabrief/single/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=40915&cHash=bd1dd683123a93c0ab390143b34d7a90

People’s Republic of China: Informatization Drives Expanded Scope of Public Security

http://www.jamestown.org/programs/chinabrief/single/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=40721&cHash=f1a040999f18d83c1c56713807fc5e6f

A naval fleet of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) on Monday passed through the Miyako Strait and entered the Western Pacific Ocean for a training mission

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2013-05/27/content_16537520.htm

Seriously? USA to legalize rootkits, spyware, ransomware and trojans to combat piracy?

http://blog.emsisoft.com/2013/05/27/seriously-usa-to-legalize-rootkits-spyware-ransomware-and-trojans-to-combat-piracy/

People’s Republic of China to Build $5 Billion EU Beachhead in Belarus

China to Build $5 Billion EU Beachhead in Belarus

軍事行動古村 OP Middle Kingdom…How do you spell ‘COLONIZATION’ by the People’s Republic of China “E U”
EU countries resist plan to impose duties on Chinese solar panels…

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/may/27/eu-duties-chinese-solar-panels

Next Target of COLONIZATION by the People’s Republic of China…Switzerland….軍事行動古村 OP Middle Kingdom…
People’s Republic of China calls time on import tariffs on Swiss watches

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/may/27/china-calls-time-import-tariffs-swiss-watches

People’s Republic of China’s OP Middle Kingdom 軍事行動古村: Greece becomes trade battleground as China invests in NCI
The Chinese are interested in airports, harbours and railways…” Chinese colonization continues unabated…

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/may/27/greece-trade-battleground-foreign-investors-swoop

Semper Fi,

謝謝

紅龍

Cyber Situational Awareness Part Deux for Memorial Day…

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Good afternoon and Happy Memorial Day from Abu Dhabi –

Here are some of the latest Cyber Situational Awareness items to take note of this afternoon;

Hackers tracked to China stole secret ASIO blueprints…
Computer hackers in China are understood to be behind a cyber attack that stole highly classified blueprints of the new ASIO headquarters in Canberra…uh oh…

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-27/hackers-steal-secret-asio-blueprints/4716096

Cyber-security turns into new battleground as US-China tension grows
As the countries trade blows amid claims of online spying, some see it as a final effort by Washington to retain its economic superiority…

Read more @ : http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/10081592/Cyber-security-turns-into-new-battleground-as-US-China-tension-grows.html

From IT Week: People’s Republic of Chain’s Huawei Faces Uphill Battle In Enterprise IT Market

More info @ http://www.informationweek.com/hardware/data-centers/huawei-faces-uphill-battle-in-enterprise/240155488

Clearwire to pull Huawei from network … Chinese vendor caught in takeover crossfire

The whole story can be read here @ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/05/27/clearwire_to_pull_huawei_from_network/

Berlin tells EU it opposes solar anti-dumping action vs People’s Republic of China: government source

Reuters article here: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/27/us-eu-solar-china-idUSBRE94Q07T20130527

EU, People’s Republic of China to hold talks on trade dispute

http://www.timesofoman.com/News/Article-16484.aspx

Europeans Press People’s Republic of China Over Trade in Telecom…Chinese Telecom Companies Caught in Middle of Trade Dispute

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/27/technology/chinese-telecom-companies-caught-in-middle-of-trade-dispute.html

People’s Republic of China’s premier Li Keqiang warns Europe over trade war while in Germany…trading Euros for Ren Min Bi instead of Deustche Marks….

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/05/26/business/china-europe-trade-war/index.html?

As EU Investigates Huawei, is China Gearing Up to Retaliate?

http://www.techinasia.com/eu-investigates-huawei-china-gearing-retaliate/

Semper Fi,

謝謝

紅龍

Cyber News Today from Homeland Security Middle East – Abu Dhabi, UAE

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Happy Memorial Day Readers;

The Red Dragon and MicroSolved are at the Homeland Security Summit- Middle East taking place in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates…

Latest World Cyber News you should be maintaining cyber situational awareness on comes to you today after 6 different flights across 4 different continents and a total of 30,000 airmiles…oh yes 5 hours of sleep –

Nonetheless – here are some developing stories out of the International Cyber World….

General Alexander – Four-star general in eye of U.S. cyber storm… Read more @ http://newsle.com/article/0/76523525/

The covert battle over Beijing’s defence policy heats up…People’s Republic of China gets into the business of making friends

Read more @ http://www.smh.com.au/world/china-gets-into-the-business-of-making-friends-20130524-2k6q3.html#ixzz2UTeO2Fht

People’s Republic of China’s Huawei a victim of its success

Read more @: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2013-05/25/content_16530834.htm &
http://wanderingchina.org/2013/05/26/huawei-a-victim-of-its-success-china-daily-risingchina-trade/

All for now from the Middle East…more to come as the world wakes to a new day…

Semper Fi,

謝謝

紅龍

What YOU Can Do About International Threats

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With the addition of RedDragon Rising (@RedDragon1949) to the blog, we are now pushing forth a new stream of threat data and insights about the growing problem of international threats. Since we added that content to the site, many of you have written in or asked me on Twitter, what is it that YOU can do about these threats? I wanted to take a few minutes and expand on my responses.

First of all, you can remain aware and vigilant. Much of the information we post here isn’t directly actionable. It isn’t designed to be a roadmap of actions for you to take. It’s designed to be a continual source of data that slowly helps you see a clearer picture of the threat, the actors and their capability. It’s designed to keep you AWAKE. It’s custom made to help you understand your adversary. Knowledge is power and insight is key. We make this content to give you both!

Second, you can communicate the threat and knowledge to your management. This helps them remain aware. It also presents to them that you are monitoring the threats and keeping your eye on the rising tides, even as you help them steer the ship through safe waters. You can use this information to build rapport with them, to give them new insights into your decisions when you explain to them various risks and to help them understand the changing nature of the interconnected world.

You can use the information here as an impetus to get the basics of information security right. While there aren’t any panaceas to fight off the threat and there isn’t a single thing you can buy to make it better ~ we do know that focusing on the basics of infosec and getting them done efficiently, effectively and well is the best defense against a variety of threats. That said, consider doing a quick and dirty review of your security initiatives against our 80/20 Rule for Information Security. This is a set of simple projects that represent the basics of information security and map easily to other standards and baselines. Simply judging your maturity in these areas and following the roadmap to improvement will go a long way to getting the basics done right in your organization. 

Invest in detection and response. If your organization is doing the basics of prevention, that is you have hardening in place and are performing ongoing assessment and mitigation of your attack surfaces, then the next thing to do is invest in detection and response capabilities. Today, one of the largest advantages that attackers enjoy is the lack of visibility and effective response capabilities in our organizations. You should have some visibility into every segment and at every layer of your environment. You should be able to identify compromises in a timely manner and move to isolate, investigate and recover from any breaches LONG BEFORE they have become widespread and heavily leveraged against you. If you can’t do that today, make it your next major infosec goal. Need help?Ask us about it.

Lastly, share information with your peers. The bad guys are good at information sharing. They have excellent metrics. They openly share their experiences, successes, failures and new techniques. Much of crime and espionage (not all, but MUCH) is “open source” in nature. The cells of attackers free float in conglomerations of opportunity.  They barter with experience, tools, data and money. They share. The more we begin to share and emulate their “open source” approaches, the better off we can be at defending. If knowledge is power, more brains with more knowledge and experience equals MORE POWER. Be a part of the solution.

That’s it for now. Just remain calm, get better at the basics, improve your visibility and stay vigilant. As always, thanks  for reading State of Security and for choosing MicroSolved as your information security partner. We are striving to dig deeper, to think differently and to give you truly actionable intelligence and threat data that is personalized, relevant to your organization and meaningful. If you’d like to hear more about our approach and what it can mean for your organization, get in touch via Twitter (@lbhuston), email (info(at)microsolved/dot/com) or phone (614-351-1237 ext 250). 

US Government Urges Offensive Right to Cyber Self-Protection

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Good day from AusCERT!

If you haven’t heard the latest regarding the People’s Republic of Hacking and countering cyber espionage and the significant loss of intellectual property you should be aware of the New York Times story today… “As Chinese Leader’s Visit Nears, U.S. Urged to Allow Retaliation for Cyberattacks”….folks we have reached a critical inflection point as US Government Urges Offensive Right to Cyber Self-Protection for commercial enterprises to defeat and disrupt the loss of key American inventions and ideas to the People’s Republic of China…this all stated in advance of China’s President Xi Jinping set to meet with President Obama in the next few weeks on US soil…

Read the full New York Times story here:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/22/world/asia/as-chinese-leaders-visit-nears-us-urged-to-allow-retaliation-for-cyberattacks.html?

Red Dragon Rising @ AusCERT 2013

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Good day from Gold Coast Australia!

Red Dragon Rising has arrived in Australia for AuSCERT 2013!

And of course, 5 hours ago here in Asia Pacific those pesky Dark Guests from the People’s Republic of China are up to their old hacking tricks again reports the New York Times:

“Chinese Hackers Resume Attacks on U.S. Targets”

You can read the direct story at the following link:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/20/world/asia/chinese-hackers-resume-attacks-on-us-targets.html?&pagewanted=all

Latest People’s Republic of China Cyber Conflict News….中華人民共和國 信 息战争

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Latest People’s Republic of China Cyber Conflict News….中華人民共和國 信 息战争

Pentagon Continues Use of People’s Republic of China Satellite in New Lease – Bloomberg
…AFRICOM renews lease with People’s Republic of China’s APT Satellite Holdings Ltd.!

People’s Republic of China’s software industry growth quickens – Xinhua | English.news.cn
The growth of China’s software industry quickened last year despite sluggish market demand caused by an economic slump at home and abroad, showed official data revealed on Wednesday.

India’s NSC points to Huawei, ZTE’s links with Chinese military project PLA-863 http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2013-05-15/news/39282046_1_huawei-and-zte-telecom-equipment-nsc

Beijing’s ‘Bitskrieg’ – 中國人民解放 總參謀部…信 息战争
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/05/13/beijings_bitskrieg?page=full

US Intelligence & Military fears after People’s Republic of China missile test – Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10063455/US-fears-after-Chinese-missile-test.html

Welcome Red Dragon Rising

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Please join me in welcoming Red Dragon Rising to the fold. The Dragon team will be posting a variety of international threat intelligence information, cyber warfare research and engaging commentary. Stay tuned here for a new strain of content on the site, which will be meshed in with the traditional content we have been bringing you throughout the years. 

You can also find the Dragon team on Twitter @RedDragon1949.

As always, thanks for reading and let us know what you think of the new content and some of the intelligence we will be sharing.