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This Issue’s Articles:

Stuxnet & Duqu – An Interesting Timeline

Director of Kaspersky Lab’s Global Research and Analysis Team Costin Raiu takes a closer look at the timeline of the Stuxnet and Duqu and concludes that these military-grade malware attacks were created by the same “company.” This exclusive indepth analysis looks closely at the dates for the earliest versions of both malware samples and finds that Duqu was created long before Stuxnet, maybe as early as 2007. Raiu’s investigations also find that there are many different variants of Duqu, which indicates continuous development of this cyber-espionage attack.
Time to Make the Internet a Malware-Free Zone

In this op-ed, Kaspersky Lab chief executive officer Eugene Kaspersky makes the call for global rules and controls surrounding the use of military-grade malware. He argues that malware files used during cyber-war attacks can hit unintended targets and run the risk of destructive collateral damage. In the article, Eugene says the emergence of Stuxnet and Duqu shows that the military is turning the Internet into a minefield where a single keystroke could unleash major chaos and he says global leaders should strive to make the internet a malware-free zone.
Understanding Sophisticated Targeted Attacks

In this exclusive feature article, journalist Brian Krebs looks closely at the growth of sophisticated targeted attacks hitting businesses around the world. Krebs discusses how zero day vulnerabilities and exploits are merged with clever social-engineering and spear phishing attacks to plans dangerous backdoor Trojans on the machines of high-value targets.

Recent Authors

Eugene Kaspersky

In 1987, Eugene Kaspersky graduated from the Institute of Cryptography, Telecommunications and Computer Science, where he studied mathematics, cryptography and computer technology.

Eugene first began studying computer viruses after detecting the Cascade virus on his computer in October 1989. He started collecting malware and developing disinfection modules for them. This exotic collection later formed the foundation of the famous antivirus database in Kaspersky Anti-Virus. Today, it is one of the most complete antivirus databases in the world.

In 1997, Eugene and a team of his colleagues founded Kaspersky Lab. Since then, he has headed the company's antivirus research.

In 2007, Eugene was named CEO of Kaspersky Lab.

Brian Krebs

Brian Krebs is editor of krebsonsecurity.com, a daily blog dedicated to in-depth Internet security news and investigation. Most recently, Krebs was a reporter for The Washington Post, where he covered Internet security, cybercrime and privacy issues for the newspaper and the Web site. Krebs got his start in journalism at The Post in 1995, and has been writing about computer security, privacy and cybercrime for more than a decade.

Uri Rivner

Uri is Head of New Technologies, Identity Protection and Verification, at RSA, The Security Division of EMC. At RSA, Mr. Rivner is responsible for moving new technologies and innovations from concept to reality, and for more than eight years he has been involved in the research of online fraud and the development of mitigation strategies and technologies to prevent it.

Stuxnet & Duqu – An Interesting Timeline

Time to Make the Internet a Malware-Free Zone

Understanding Sophisticated Targeted Attacks

Eugene Kaspersky

Brian Krebs

Uri Rivner

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