GAO Study Finds Counterfeit Defense Parts May 24, 2012
Posted by Chris Mark in Uncategorized.Tags: china, Counterfeit, Defense Contractor, GAO, Supply Chain Management, Veterans Trading, VTC
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Very interesting study on counterfeit defense parts which can be purchased from China. Certainly a frightening proposition from a security perspective.
“RSA Doesn’t Dine Alone” – China Suspected In Pipeline Attack May 13, 2012
Posted by Chris Mark in cybersecurity, InfoSec & Privacy, terrorism.Tags: china, Chris Mark, cybercrime, cyberespionage, cybersecurity, data breach, Pipeline Breach, RSA, security, terrorism
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For background on this story, please read the previous post, as well as an earlier post titled: “Cyberattack underway against US Pipelines”. While the timing of this story is fortuitous for this author, the event is frightening. According to the Christian Science Monitor “Those analyzing the cyberspies who are trying to infiltrate natural-gas pipeline companies have found similarities with an attack on a cybersecurity firm a year ago. At least one US government official has blamed China for that earlier attack.” The referenced security firm is RSA. Again quoting CSM: “Investigators hot on the trail of cyberspies trying to infiltrate the computer networks of US natural-gas pipeline companies say that the same spies were very likely involved in a major cyberespionage attack a year ago on RSA Inc., a cybersecurity company. And the RSA attack, testified the chief of the National Security Agency (NSA) before Congress recently, is tied to one nation: China.”
Anyone who doubt that the US is under attack by China should read about the attacks against Dupont, RSA, Lockheed Martin, and more.
“Communist Chinese Cyber-Attacks, CyberEspionage and Theft of American Technology” May 13, 2012
Posted by Chris Mark in cybersecurity, Data Breach.Tags: china, Chris Mark, cybercrime, cyberespionage, cybersecurity, InfoSec, IP Theft, malware, mark consulting group, security
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Since it is Mother’s day, I will not ramble on with inane commentary 😉 Instead, here is a link to the report of the same name as the blog title (too lazy to retype)…from the 112 Congress’ Congressional Hearing before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee of Foreign Affairs; House of Representatives. It is very interesting and provides some valuable insight into IP theft. Don’t forget to thank Mom today!
Richard A. Clarke: Every Major US Company has been Hacked by China March 31, 2012
Posted by Chris Mark in Industry News, InfoSec & Privacy, Risk & Risk Management, terrorism.Tags: china, cyber espionage, cyber war, cybersecurity, information security, PCI DSS, richard a clarke, Stuxnet
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According to an article and interview on FastCompany, Counter terrorism expert, and best selling author, Richard Clarke has gone on the record claiming that “…every major company in the United States has already been penetrated by China.” Mr. Clarke served under three presidents and currently runs a cybersecurity organization called Good Harbor. He is the author of CyberWarfare and several other books. You can read his interview in Smithsonianmag.com. One of his more compelling statements is:
“My greatest fear is that, rather than having a cyber-Pearl Harbor event, we will instead have this death of a thousand cuts. Where we lose our competitiveness by having all of our research and development stolen by the Chinese. And we never really see the single event that makes us do something about it. That it’s always just below our pain threshold. That company after company in the United States spends millions, hundreds of millions, in some cases billions of dollars on R&D and that information goes free to China….After a while you can’t compete.”
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