Hyderabad: Cyber criminals have launched a focussed attack on the aerospace and defence industry. They are using spear phishing or targeted attacks using fake mails called Backdoor.Barkiofork.
They have targeted at least 12 different organisations including aviation, air traffic control, and Government and Defence contractors in India and abroad, Internet security solutions firm Symantec has said.
Anand Naik, Managing Director (Sales, India and SAARC) of Symantec, said hackers are “becoming hyper-focussed and are targeting individuals who are key assets to companies in a more designed fashion”.
Once entered through e-mail clicks, the Backdoor.Barikiofork virus can quickly enumerate the disk drives and steal system information. It can also devour information by stealthily downloading files. The deadly virus can execute updates to the virus, making itself more powerful.
01/02/13 Business Line
