Re: Key Internet operator VeriSign hit by hackers [DNS]

[Kyle Creyts <kyle.creyts () gmail com>]

"Management was informed of the incident in September 2011" pg 33, sect 2

Further, there is no mention of risk potential for the SSL business
whatsoever, despite numerous mentions of risk factors for the Registry
Services business, not related to this attack.

While nothing is "safe" to assume, I would say that suggesting that
this description of the incident describes an attack on tangential,
unmentioned businesses operated by the same organization may be a bit
of a reach.

On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 10:42 PM, Jeffrey Walton <noloader () gmail com> wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 10:37 PM, Kyle Creyts <kyle.creyts () gmail com> wrote:
> > This is at least a year and a half old. Please, don't republish "news"
> > that should have never been reprinted. I'm not sure who would have
> > allowed this tripe to be syndicated...
> Actually, it was just released in Verisign's 10-Q
> (https://investor.verisign.com/secfiling.cfm?filingID=1193125-11-285850&CIK=1014473).
> Otherwise, without the SEC changes, it probably never would have seen
> the light of day.
>
> And this is alarming: "Ken Silva, who was VeriSign's chief technology
> officer for three years until November 2010, said he had not learned
> of the intrusion until contacted by Reuters. Given the time elapsed
> since the attack and the vague language in the SEC filing, he said
> VeriSign "probably can't draw an accurate assessment" of the damage."
>
> Remember, this company runs a CA. I can't wait to see aggregate data
> on CA breaches next year (its being collected now by EFF, et al).
>
> Jeff
>
> > On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 2:49 PM, Jeffrey Walton <noloader () gmail com> wrote:
> > > http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/02/us-hacking-verisign-idUSTRE8110Z820120202
> > > http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46238729/ns/technology_and_science-security/
> > >
> > > (Reuters) - VeriSign Inc, the company in charge of delivering people
> > > safely to more than half the world's websites, has been hacked
> > > repeatedly by outsiders who stole undisclosed information from the
> > > leading Internet infrastructure company.
> > >
> > > The previously unreported breaches occurred in 2010 at the Reston,
> > > Virginia-based company, which is ultimately responsible for the
> > > integrity of Web addresses ending in .com, .net and .gov.
> > > ...
> > >
> > > The VeriSign attacks were revealed in a quarterly U.S. Securities and
> > > Exchange Commission filing in October that followed new guidelines on
> > > reporting security breaches to investors. It was the most striking
> > > disclosure to emerge in a review by Reuters of more than 2,000
> > > documents mentioning breach risks since the SEC guidance was
> > > published.
> > > ...



-- 
Kyle Creyts

Information Assurance Professional
BSidesDetroit Organizer

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