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- Tropos Networks Signs Sumitomo Densetsu as Distributor in Japan
- Sumitomo Densetsu's main business is construction and installing electrical systems, information networks, communications systems (mobile communications, radio train control, fiber optic cabling) and broadcasting systems (antennas, CATV) for enterprises, universities, carriers and municipalities. Based on their expertise in installing mobile communication infrastructure and relationships with municipalities, Sumitomo Densetsu will first...
- Tags: Tropos Networks, Mobile Communication, Sumitomo Corp., Sumitomo Densetsu, Mesh Networking, Cellular Phones, Wireless LANs, Networking, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Wireless
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- Sumitomo copycat crime in Stockholm
- Longterm readers of Threatchaos will recall the attempted Sumitomo Bank heist in London. In that incident a gang connected to an Israeli crime syndicate infiltrated the London branch of Sumitomo Mitsui and installed hardware key stroke loggers on desktop machines within the bank. With stolen credentials they attempted to transfer...
- Tags: Bank, News, Sumitomo Corp., Financial Services, Richard Stiennon
- Blog posts 2008-01-31
- Beware the knowledgable insider. Societe Generale shows us why.
- The absolute disaster that Societe Generale discoverd over the weekend is the best reminder ever to check internal controls. You should be especially wary of employees that are familiar with your risk and security measures. They are armed with the tools to circumvent all of your precautions. ...
- Tags: Control, Firewalls, Security, Networking, Richard Stiennon
- Blog posts 2008-01-24
- ArcSight files for $75M IPO
- Enterprise security and compliance management specialist ArcSight is shrugging off the jittery state of the public markets, filing an S-1 with the SEC for a $75 million initial public offering. The company said its shares would be traded on the NASDAQ with "ARST" as the proposed ticker...
- Tags: IPO, ArcSight, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2007-09-11
- Changes in store for ThreatChaos
- I just spent nine months as an independent analyst covering the IT security space. You will have noticed that in addition to posting about the threats and rise of cyber crime I began to cover the security industry as well. When I originally started to write Threatchaos I was...
- Tags: Secure Network Fabric, security, network security, network
- Blog posts 2006-11-28
- Leaves and Sumitomo
- Brian Krebs over at the Washington Post did a little investigative journalism to try and uncover what happened to the author of the Leaves worm from five years ago. Brian points out that Leaves was an early harbinger of malware being used to generate click...
- Tags: bank, Leaves, Sumitomo Corp.
- Blog posts 2006-06-22
- Super-Glue: Best practice for countering key stroke loggers
- This wonderful little gadget is for sale over at Thinkgeek. It is colored an innocuous IBM grey so no one will notice when you attach it to their keyboard. It fits between the back of the PC and the keyboard cable. It needs no power and it can record 130,000...
- Tags: bank, keyboard, logger
- Blog posts 2006-04-21
- One year anniversary of the Sumitomo Heist
- Today, March 16th, marks the one year anniversary of the breaking of the Sumitomo bank heist case. Yaron Bolandi, the only suspecct in the case was arrested one year ago today under suspicion of receiving over 20 million euros deposited in an account he held in Israel. Yolandi was...
- Tags: Holon, Aharon Abu-Hamra
- Blog posts 2006-03-16
- Verizon to use new tech to slash costs
- Verizon to use new tech to slash costsVerizon accessI don't think the author of the article is in the real world in assuming that MOST homes have internal cable wiring. Such assumption is reserved for electric power though telephone twisted pair may come close. I verizon is counting...
- Tags: Network technology, Optical networking, Fiber optics, Broadband Internet, Universal Powerline Association, specification, Verizon Communications Inc., Fios, cable, powerline
- Discussion threads 2006-03-09
- Happy Anniversary ThreatChaos
- It seems in vogue to celebrate the first anniversary of one's blog. I guess that makes sense as there are probably 10 million or so people that are doing that in the next several months. First I want to thank Lindsay Arnhold, the marketing genius at Webroot Software whose...
- Tags: Blogging, security, blog
- Blog posts 2006-02-03
- Link between Sumitomo Heist and Israeli mafia?
- Remember the two arrests that were made in Israel in connection with the Sumitomo Bank heist? First they arrested some guy named Yaron Bolondi. Then they arrested another suspect in Israel named Aharon Abu-Hamra but released him after 5 days. In my blog posting of January 12th I asked...
- Tags: Aharon Abu-Hamra, Sumitomo Corp.
- Blog posts 2006-02-02
- Sumitomo Questions
- You have to get out on the road to learn new stuff in the security world. Invariably I learn the most interesting things from people who attend my presentations. I recently picked up a new fact regarding the Sumitomo case. First a recap. Last year it came...
- Tags: Sumitomo Corp.
- Blog posts 2006-01-12
- Where's the hook? Israeli Trojan Fiasco finally gets coverage in mainstream US press.
- New reporting of the Israeli Trojan FiascoMore than six months after the Israeli Trojan incident broke the New York Times has published the most comprehensve story on it. I don't get it. That was an immensely important incident. For the first time it was revealed that big companies were...
- Tags: Michael Haephrati, Israeli Trojan Fiasco
- Blog posts 2005-12-09
- Thinking about Sumitomo
- Every once and a while a news article pops up referring to the now ancient attempted bank heist at the London branch of Sumitomo Mitsui Bank. The one thing that should occur to anyone who is concerned with bank security especially in London is: "Where are the criminals that installed...
- Tags: bank, hAve, Sumitomo Corp.
- Blog posts 2005-11-15
- Connecting the dots with SOX
- First a brief summary of the Sarbane-Oxley Act. This law was passed by Congress in reaction to the exposed frauds at publicly traded companies that resulted in large losses for stockholders and the failures of many companies. Enron was the most visible of these cases. The purpose of the law...
- Tags: financial reporting, financial, Section 404
- Blog posts 2005-08-04
- Soaring malware levels hint at criminal activity
- Soaring malware levels hint at criminal activityMessage has been deleted.With MS buying Claria,there's no question about the criminal element in spyware.This falls into the "Gee, ya think?" category nt..Wow ... Brilliant Article!Alice Lander and Graeme Wearden certinly have a flair for the obvious!It's not criminals-- it's Linux trolls!Aw, come on......
- Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Linux, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Spyware, malware, Microsoft Corp., criminal activity, software
- Discussion threads 2005-07-05
- More on the Foiled Sumitomo Mitsui Bank Heist
- The Sumitomo case is starting to get interesting. Two news articles shed new light on this attempted cyber heist. The first from Computing, a UK based IT journal reveals that hardware keystroke logging devices were used. This means that someone had to install devices on computers within...
- Tags: hardware
- Blog posts 2005-04-22
- From hypothesis to action
- It was a little over a year ago that I first heard this scenario described: a thief walks into a target organization, installs a wireless device, sets himself up next door and proceeds to have his way with the network. I proposed a twist on this scenario: use your favorite...
- Tags: bank, wireless device, Look
- Blog posts 2005-04-07
- Tip of the Iceberg
- A spate of identity thefts in recent weeks brings to mind an experience I had the summer of '78. I was a welder at Bay Shipbuilding in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. My brother and I worked the second shift starting at 2 PM and quitting at 11:00 PM. Most nights...
- Tags: flux, jitter bug
- Blog posts 2005-03-22
- Compliance GLB
- The recent break-in at Sumitomo Mitsui's London bank underscores the daily exposure banks face from cyber criminals. Financial institutions have long been the target of news making attacks. This makes sense considering "that's where the money is� ( to mis-quote Willie Sutton once again. ) Cybercrime has...
- Tags: FIâ€, Compliance GLB
- Blog posts 2005-03-18
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