tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36241332938520247042012-01-14T19:57:09.788-08:00Ivanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12995756087300930811noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125This is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site.tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3624133293852024704.post-60608036722794484822012-01-14T19:23:00.000-08:002012-01-14T19:57:09.794-08:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ew1ZEup9u9o/TxJOCGtujZI/AAAAAAAAACo/A6lhzGVjXZI/s1600/United_States_Department_of_Defense_Seal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="319" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ew1ZEup9u9o/TxJOCGtujZI/AAAAAAAAACo/A6lhzGVjXZI/s320/United_States_Department_of_Defense_Seal.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="first"></div><div class="first">A new strain of the Sykipot malware is being used by Chinese cyber criminals to compromise US Department of Defense (DoD) smart cards, a new report has revealed.</div><br /><br /><a name='more'></a>The malware has been designed to take advantage of smart card readers running ActivClient - the client application of ActivIdentity - according to unified security information and event management (SIEM) company AlienVault.<br /><br />ActivIdentity's smart cards are standardised at the DoD and a number of other US government agencies. The cards are used to identify active duty military staff, selected reserve personnel, civilian employees, and eligible contractor staff.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/011412-chinese-attack-us-dod-smart-254927.html?source=nww_rss">Source </a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3624133293852024704-6060803672279448482?l=securityawareness.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ivanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12995756087300930811noreply@blogger.com0http://securityawareness.blogspot.com/2012/01/chinese-attack-us-dod-smart-cards-with.html