Security & Hacking: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Hacked

http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/11/29/atomic-energy-hack/

"The hackers claimed the security breach was in response to what the group said was Israeli aggression, including the Stuxnet worm and the assassination of a senior Iranian nuclear scientist."

The Hackers are claiming to be from Iran, but AFAIK no evidence to support that, it could be an anti Iran group pretending to be Iran in an attempt to provoke more attacks or sanctions against Iran.

Not saying that it is, but that is a factor that always needs to be remembered in situations like these.

I do wonder though if this is one of the first visible signs of fallout of Stuxnet & Flame, something I am concerned about, have blogged about those concerns before http://cliffsesportcorner.blogspot.com/2012/11/security-hacking-chevron-was-victim-of.html

Security & Hacking: Gauss Malware, linked to Flame

Saw this first on Ars http://arstechnica.com/security/2012/08/nation-sponsored-malware-has-mystery-warhead/

Original discovery & announcement from Kaspersky

I suggest reading whole story at above links, more detail from Kaspersky link:

At the present time, the Gauss Trojan is successfully detected, blocked and remediated by Kaspersky Lab’s products, classified as Trojan-Spy.Win32.Gauss.
The company’s experts have published in-depth analysis of the malware at Securelist.com: http://www.securelist.com/en/analysis/204792238/Gauss_Abnormal_Distribution
A Gauss FAQ containing the essential information about the threat is also available: http://www.securelist.com/en/blog?weblogid=208193767
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Microsoft explaining Flame collision attack

http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2012/06/06/more-information-about-the-digital-certificates-used-to-sign-the-flame-malware.aspx

For Computer Nerds, Crypto people, Hackers, etc absolutely worth reading, or for anyone wanting to learn more about it.

PSA: Microsoft Emergency Bulletin: Unauthorized Certificate used in "Flame"

Check your Windows updates.

Sources:

• https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/advisory/2718704
• http://isc.sans.edu/diary/Microsoft+Emergency+Bulletin+Unauthorized+Certificate+used+in+Flame+/13366
• http://arstechnica.com/security/2012/06/flame-malware-was-signed-by-rogue-microsoft-certificate/