'Red October' cyber-attack found by Russian researchers

"Red October - which is named after a Russian submarine featured in the Tom Clancy novel The Hunt For Red October"<p>Is the BBC sure that the Russians named the attack after an American novel named after a very important month in Russian history, and not that the Russians didn't just name the attack after a very important month in Russian history?<p>I know a few Russians who have seen The Hunt for Red October, and they said they couldn't stop laughing at Sean Connery trying to speak in Russian. I don't think they take Tom Clancy as seriously as we do.<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_October" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_October</a><p>edit -- Appears I was totally wrong on my assumption. See varjag's comment below.

A more technical overview can be found here: <a href="http://www.securelist.com/en/analysis/204792262/Red_October_Diplomatic_Cyber_Attacks_Investigation" rel="nofollow">http://www.securelist.com/en/analysis/204792262/Red_October_...</a>

Why is it that every time Kaspersky does anything at all, the article says "Russian researchers", or "Russian security analysts"? When Twitter does something, the news article doesn't read: "California based social media experts released ..."

I couldn't help read this as "KGB uses mouthpiece organization to announce its own information warfare tools have been as advanced as Flame for years, have been targeting intelligence agencies (hello friends) and were not discovered by anyone until intentionally leaked".<p>I have no supporting evidence but it would make an excellent footnote in history of The Electronic War.

As a former conspiracy lover, I always find it interesting Kaspersky tends to find more state sponsored hacking than any other company.<p>Is this something they specialize in, or is it simply a coincidence?

That is obvious that secret services would do that - it is a too good opportunity to let go. We'll see more and more of that, every country will launch its own - until we learn how to fight it.

I have some qualms about attribution based on misspelling since those can be intentional. That said, I have not had a chance to do a second, deeper pass on the analysis, but I'd be careful about taking Kaspersky at face value given his ultimate sponsors.

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