To celebrate the release of the latest James Bond movie, F-Secure takes a look at the cyber threats that have the canniness and evil intentions of a Bond villain.

1. CYBER ESPIONAGE:
A DIGITAL LICENSE
TO KILL?
BRIEFING SECRET AGENT TOOL
Malware attacks – be it for mobi
have been occurring for over 25
le devices or on major organizatio
ns –
AGENT 007? NO.
years now and the latest wave
become increasingly more comp
licated.
has
ANDROIDOS.
AGENT.A
Currently, cyber enemies are comm
only criminals who target indiv
& businesses via the Internet iduals
for financial purposes; 'hacktivist
collectives like Anonymous or '
LulzSec who use the
web to attack organizations in
protest, or even just for the 'lulz'
and increasingly, government-bo ;
countries or international group
rne attackers who target other Requests
s for political or defense reaso
ns.
permissions to access
But now there’s the emergence
of a fourth cyber enemy: contact data, SMS
messages, location
Terrorists.
and Internet access
on affected devices
So if supervillains were real, mon
ey was no object,
and secret agents, like James
what types of malware are we
Bond, existed today, Mission: Silently
likely to see used
on a massive scale? record all incoming
and outgoing calls
and of course,
check for specific
incoming SMS
messages
– SUPERVILLAIN -
SECRET AGENT TOOL
ANDROIDOS.AGENT.A, MEET
YOUR FIELD PARTNER,
ZeuS
A Trojan that lifts banking
AGENT.BTZ. credentials to access
corporate accounts
Stole more than $3 million
Known as the most significant
from dozens of U.S. accounts
breach of the U.S. military’s
Mission: Steal money and
classified computer systems;
have it wired to its creator
Collects and reports data
back to its creator
Mission: Find way – SUPERVILLAIN
into the Secret
Internet Protocol
Router Network,
used by the DoD and
Shamoon:
THE PEARL HARBOR OF
State Department CYBERATTACKS
to transmit classified The most destructive
information corporate attack to
date; Overwrites
boot sectors and
SECRET AGENT TOOL renders computers
useless to cover its
NEED A WAY IN? CASE ANY JOINT WITH THE tracks
ANDROID 3D
Mission: Disrupt the
wealthiest company on
SPYWARE the planet, Saudi Arabia's
state oil company, ARAMCO
Developed by the U.S.
military; Activates cameras
on mobile devices and
accesses sensor data
Mission: Reconstruct a – SUPERVILLAIN -
3D virtual model of a
target location using NEVER SAY
STUXNET
the phone’s camera
By launching
and orientation sensors
Stuxnet, American
officials opened
If captured, it might be
Pandora's box.
They will most
turned and go rogue to
SECRET AGENT TOOL likely end up take down a power plant,
regretting this or destabilize an active
decision nuclear power plant.
From STUXNET,
With Love
– Mikko Hyppönen,
Chief Research Officer – SUPERVILLAIN
for F-Secure
Developed by the U.S. and
Israeli governments; Spreads CREECH USB
globally causing no harm until DRONE VIRUS
30
it finds and reaches its target.
- Infected
Mission: Sabotage physical
infrastructure.
of America's Predator
and Reaper drones
- Logged pilots key-
strokes during missions
over Afghanistan and
other warzones
SECRET AGENT TOOL
– SUPERVILLAIN -
TOOL
FLAME IS FOREVER RANSOMCRYPT
The most sophisticated Mission: Capture Encrypts files on computers and demands
malware ever created; intelligence via payment to recover your files
Infects computers and screenshots or by Mission: Make money to finance evil plots
searches for intelligence activating audio and
contained in emails, video devices - all
documents, and mes- under the cover of an
sages. encrypted channel
TOP
SECRET
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