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Cyber Command Center Complex Incidents


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Impact Level


Significant


Significant Minor


Significant


Incident Type


DNS/Phish Attack Robot.txt Recon


Data Exfiltration Denial of Service Data Exfiltration


Contributing Events Event


DNS Cache Poisoning Event


Multiple outbound connections to hostile host


Email containing Poisoned DNS Cache entry


Event Info EVENT:


ID Number


Incident Date


DNSP-246 05 May 09


Process Status


Pending


Last sign-in:


Network Selector National Capital Region Current Incidents: 7


Assigned To


Watcher, John


RTR- 458 04 May 09 In Process Seer, Jane DE-78


DOS-459 03 May 09 Pending DE-78


Recommended Courses of Action Category Location


Security Security Security


Andrews, MD Langley, VA Washington, DC


Source Info Destination Info Potential DNS cache poisoning attempt Attention:


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Time Stamp


13:12:34 23 Jan 09


12:13:39 24 Jan 09


13:12:34 21 Jan 09


Notes Virginia West Andrews Virginia Langley CONFIRM


District of Columbia


Pennsylvania New Jersey McGuire Maryland Dover


04 May 09 Informational Roscoe, Bob Watcher, John


02 May 09 In Process Watcher, John Last Update 06 May 09


Updated By


Watcher, John


07 May 09 Seer, Jane 06 May 09 Roscoe, Bob 04 May 09 Watcher, John 02 May 09 Watcher, John


National Capital Region New York Connecticut


John J. Monitor Select From My Links


Incident Impact Technical:


2 Servers, 6 routers down


Operational/Mission: Golden Toothpick


Major Impact Peanut Day


Significant Impact Battle Damage Assessment


Internal Incidents Being Monitored 22%


Denial of Service DNS Cache Phishing Attack Data Exfiltration Excessive IDS Other


33% 22% 19% 13% 10% 3%


19% 33% 3% 10%


Cyber Control System Increment-1, shown as a mockup, will help Air Force officials provide mission assurance to about 845,000 users. (below) Cyber Flag 14-1 participants analyze an exercise scenario at Nellis AFB, Nev.


13%


ly by computer. The generator caught fi re and was destroyed. Although attempts have been made to secure critical elements of government and commercial infrastructure since then, many systems remain vulnerable. In FY 2013, the Government Account- ability Offi ce reported 46,160 cyberat- tacks on federal agencies alone. Some of the most vulnerable net-


works are the supervisory control and data acquisition systems that often


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control water, power, and other infra- structure elements. They can be lo- cated in remote areas and accessed by telecommunication links, which some experts think makes them vulner- able to cyberattack. In addition, many use off -the-shelf software that can be modifi ed by intruders.


A covert invasion While a physical full-scale attack is meant to create as much “shock and


IMAGES: ABOVE, AIRMAN 1ST CLASS CHRISTOPHER TAM, USAF; TOP, COLIN HAYES BASED ON U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO ILLUSTRATION


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