StopGeorgia and StopThem forum administrators are likely connected to ZeuS and SpyEye trojans Counterintelligence training at Moscow State Technical University The Moscow Engineering Physics Institute: InfoSec training for the FSB China Huaneng Group’s agreement with Duke Energy bears closer examination as a national security matter.
StopGeorgia and StopThem forum administrators are likely connected to ZeuS and SpyEye trojans The Zloy team is one of the organized criminal hacker crews involved in selling a wide variety of malware including the ZeuS trojan. Their members have included Terminator, Forall, PrikOL, Lev, System, Venomix, !lusion. They also maintain their own dedicated forum at http://forum.zloy.bz which includes a new piece of malware in competition with ZeuS called Spy Eye.

Figure 1: screenshot of SpyEye user interface by MarketIntelligence
Read the Full Story
Counterintelligence training at Moscow State Technical University Moscow State Technical University – Bauman (School of Informatics and Control Systems) (MGTU) was founded in 1830. The School of Informatics and Control Systems traces its lineage to 1929 with the first training program for engineers in Precision Engineering (generic term covering a range of engineering disciplines related to control systems, telecommunications, and computers).
Read the Full Story
The Moscow Engineering Physics Institute: InfoSec training for the FSB Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (Faculty of Information Security) Long known as one of Russia’s premier scientific universities, and as the core university for Russia’s nuclear industry, MIFI helped establish modern Russian IT security training. 
Read the Full Story
China Huaneng Group’s agreement with Duke Energy bears closer examination as a national security matter. 1200Z 26 OCT 2009 Duke Energy has signed Memorandums of Understanding (MOU) in the last few months with two major Chinese oil companies: China Huaneng Group and ENN. Both agreements use very broad language when discussing the areas of collaboration, but the focus is on clean energy technology which includes the Smart Grid.
Read the Full Story

The Moscow Engineering Physics Institute: InfoSec training for the FSB

China Huaneng Group’s agreement with Duke Energy bears closer examination as a national security matter.

What are the security implications for joint PRC-US ventures between electric power suppliers collaborating on Smart Grid technology?

1200Z 26 OCT 2009 Duke Energy has signed Memorandums of Understanding (MOU) in the last few months with two major Chinese oil companies: China Huaneng Group and ENN. Both agreements use very broad language when discussing the areas of collaboration, but the focus is on clean energy technology which includes the Smart Grid.

Is Turkey leveraging its hacker population to strengthen its regional power base?

Does the Turkish government have a cyber warfare program to go with its recent power moves in the region? This article compiles the evidence for such a program.

1200Z 09 NOV 2009 The increasing frequency of Turkish hacker crews attacking SCADA-related systems is seen by GreyLogic investigators as an emerging global threat, particularly when combined with two geopolitical events.