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RSA Hackers Possibly Attacked more than 700 Additional Companies using Identical Malware

According to Brian Krebs, security 'analyst and writer' who recently published a report, the malicious program utilized for breaching RSA Security previously during 2011, possibly has been utilized within assaults aimed at over 700 other companies, published EWeek dated October 24, 2011.

Apparently, the malicious program hit eBay, Google, Facebook and the rest of the total 760 companies assaulted, employing the identical central C&C (command-and-control) server, which was utilized for the RSA compromise, the expert stated.

He further stated that aside the above named organizations, the list included hard-hitting firms like Nokia Internet, Comcast, Amazon, Microsoft Corp., Motorola Inc., Verizon Online LLC, Fannie Mae, Yahoo, Facebook, PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP, Northrop Grumman, Unisys Corporation, IBM, McAfee, Wells Fargo, Cisco, and Research in Motion Limited. Also, almost 20% of the latest companies on the Fortune 100 catalog were added to the list, according to him.

Additionally Krebs stated that the compromised computer-networks of the listed companies contacted a few of the identical central servers for command-and-control that were behind the RSA hack, while it was possibly in November 2010 that the first assault was launched.

The security analyst writes that after examining over 300 command-and-control servers employed within the assaults, he discovered that most were situated inside China, thus backing the common notion about the RSA hackers being beneficiaries of Chinese government sponsorship.

Krebs however, stated that the list had several caveats.

First, numerous network-operators from those listed were ISPs that were possibly included owing to a few of their customers reportedly being affected, he wrote. Itpro.co.uk published this on October 24, 2011.

Moreover, the number of computers from each and every organization's network that was compromised wasn't clearly known, the time-span of those infiltrations, alternatively if the hackers effectively filched the victims' sensitive information.

Lastly, a few of the companies might be represented, as their act was intentional in hijacking inside or internal computers while attempting at reverse engineering the malicious program employed within the assaults, Krebs explained.

Meanwhile previously, during October 2011, RSA officials disclosed that dual hacker gangs targeted their organization when possibly one particular country funded those gangs, albeit the officials couldn't name that country.

Related article: RSA Attendees Responsible for Wireless Vulnerability

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