[kictanet] [ISOC_KE] InfoSec: Red October cyber-espionage attack list includes 5 African countries

[S.M. Muraya]

The problem is systems not regularly updated.

Real (in)security experts, note more than "Microsoft" insecurities...

http://www.securelist.com/en/analysis/204792254/Kaspersky_Security_Bulletin_2012_Malware_Evolution



On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 10:19 AM, Kivuva <Kivuva at transworldafrica.com>wrote:

> With many non-open data glaring at the public through government systems,
> and with the banking fraud that Kenya has experienced in the last year, we
> should be very worried...
>
> Attacks like Rocra, Stuxnet and Flame show how vulnerable Microsoft users
> are, especially if Windows is used by state agents.
>
> With Rocra, the attackers managed to stay in the game for over 5 years and
> evade detection of most antivirus products while continuing to exfiltrate
> what must be hundreds of Terabytes by now
>
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