Red October Cyber Espionage Campaign Relied On Java Exploit To Infect Computers

January 15, 2013 By Ali Loney

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Softpedia – (International) Red October cyber espionage campaign relied on Java exploit to infect computers. Researchers at Seculert analyzed the recently-discovered 'Red October' cyber espionage campaign and found that it had also utilized a Java vulnerability to disseminate malware.

Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Red-October-Cyber-Espionage-Campaign-Relied-on-Java-Exploit-to-Infect-Computers-321319.shtml

Tags: component vulnerabilities, AppSec Spotlight

Written by Ali Loney

Ali Loney is a Senior UX Designer at Walmart Labs. She is based in Canada and was the former Graphic Designer at Sonatype.