Security: If True, Check the Web Loo
June 24, 2015
I read “Login Creds for US agencies Found Scrawled on the Web’s Toilet Walls.” I have no idea if this story is information, disinformation, or misinformation. It could even be reformation, a practice which blends items from different sources to deliver a calorie free dessert to those hungry for security related fare.
The write up asserts:
A threat intelligence report into the availability of login credentials for US government agencies has identified 47 agencies across 89 unique domains may be compromised. The findings resulted from an analysis of open source intelligence (OSint) from 17 paste sites, carried out between 4 November 2013 and 4 November 2014.
If you are not familiar with paste sites, you can get the full scoop in my forthcoming Dark Web monograph. If you are, you are one of the folks checking out the Web’s toilet walls.
There is an interesting chart in the article. It appears that the Department of Energy is an outfit with some security challenges. The source of the report is a pretty reliable outfit called Recorded Future, a company warranting a full chapter in my CyberOSINT: Next Generation Information Access report. Worth checking out if you can locate a copy of the Recorded Future report.
Stephen E Arnold, June 24, 2015
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