G20 2014 cyber attacks traffic lights and wi-fi networks

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Specialists warn that Australia will probably be at a heightened danger of cyber assaults next week when Brisbane hosts the G20 Leaders Summit.

The Defence Department’s spy company, the Australian Alerts Directorate (ASD), has warned that the Queensland capital’s chairmanship of the G20 has made our laptop networks “a more enticing goal for cyber espionage or assault”.

The ASD says companies and government businesses have been focused up to now as a result of their involvement in excessive-profile events.

“Targeting of excessive profile occasions such because the G20 by state-sponsored or other international adversaries, cyber criminals and difficulty-motivated groups is a real and persistent threat,” the ASD warns in its official G20 cyber security advice.

Earlier attacks have involved the usage of malicious emails dressed up to appear to be they are from reputable sources when the truth is they're designed to compromise laptop networks and steal sensitive data.

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Cyber attackers may additionally goal public wi-fi networks, the ASD warns.
CREST Australia, which gives cyber and knowledge safety advice, says protest teams may flip to online assaults, because they're cheaper than flying in protesters to physically target next week’s G20 event.

Spokesman Greg Rudd says that with so many world leaders in Brisbane, the G20 may show an irresistible goal for hackers.

“They would love to get into the traffic mild system, for example, and disrupt that. What they are after, really, is free worldwide media,” he advised the ABC immediately. 

US President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin are both expected to attend the G20 Leaders Summit next week. Picture: AFP Source: AFP

 The ASD has issued a listing of advice to help companies avoid falling victim, including turfing issues equivalent to USB sticks, that are commonly handed out as items at occasions like the G20.

Past experience has proven they can be utilized to deliver malicious software into business’s computer networks and secretly steal delicate data.
Companies are additionally advised to:

• Be cautious of G20-themed emails that encourage recipients to download information, attachments or go to websites “for extra info”
• Look out for malicious content material. Signs you compromised your computer network can embody attachments that include no content material, or ones that glint or flash when opened
• Keep away from utilizing web-based mostly email when speaking sensitive info
• Don’t use any detachable media devices akin to USB sticks and CD/DVD disks unless they are yours
• Keep away from using public wi-fi networks to cease savvy hackers from stealing your information