Security News State-Sponsored Attack against Saudi Central Bank, Shamoon Malware

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State-sponsored hackers who unleashed a digital bomb in key parts of Saudi Arabia’s computer networks over the last two weeks damaged systems at the country’s central bank, known as the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency, according to two people briefed on an ongoing investigation of the breach.

The central bank said in a statement late Friday that its systems hadn’t been breached and that it has continuous surveillance to protect against cyberthreats.

The attacks, which afflicted at least eight government entities, used a computer-killing malware known as Shamoon that is linked to Iran, the two people said. They had the potential to inflict damage on targets across several critical sectors, including finance and transportation.

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[jamescv7]

Interesting, well through the years I lived in Saudi Arabia; some computers like in hospital are out dated not only in antivirus but operating system itself.

Also very small percentage to see a Linux running on network system as alternative.