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Thursday, January 21, 2010 |
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Symantec - Recent Hydraq cyber attack: What you need to know
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Please be advised that Symantec is working keep our partners and customers informed on these cyber attacks known as Hydraq (also known as Aurora, Google Attacks, and the Microsoft IE Vulnerability (advisory number 979352)). The malware behind most of these attacks, "Trojan.Hydraq" appears to have been part of a sophisticated attack pattern designed to steal large amounts of intellectual property. Your customers may have become aware of this event from the heavy media coverage about the attacks on Google.
The underlying vulnerabilities used in this attack are now widely known and likely to be exploited by other cybercriminals even though the Command and Control infrastructure behind this coordinated attack has been taken down.
It is important that all computer users take action to prevent themselves from future attacks. Symantec partners and their customers with current antivirus definitions and IPS signatures are already protected.
Symantec partners are encouraged to visit our Hydraq Threat Outbreak page and the Symantec Security Response blog. These are the best resources for you and your customers.
To stay abreast of the latest security threats and receive timely information on risks, vulnerabilities and virus definitions, we encourage our partners to follow the Symantec Channel account on Twitter, as well as sign up for threat alerts via RSS feeds.
We encourage you to reach out to your customers and reassure them that these threats are currently under control and continue to monitor the Hydraq Threat Outbreak page for the latest information.
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Evolve Partners, Inc., based in Anaheim, CA is a leading provider of innovative information
technology solutions and services to small and mid-sized companies as well as the
public sector. Privately held and founded in 2001, the company has become an end-to-end
IT Services firm focused on helping growing enterprises leverage technology to improve
communication, mitigate risk and deliver value to their customers.
Evolve Partners is a certified SDVOB (Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business)
and DVBE (Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise) by the US Small Business Administration,
US Veteran's Administration and the State of California.
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