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9/11 Pager messages released on Wikileaks

Wikileaks has started posting 24 hours worth of captured pager traffic from September 11, 2001. An interesting snapshot in time especially since the pager network was more reliable than voice cellular. "From 3AM on W ›
CyberWAR

China attacks biased U.S. cyber-spying report

"China on Monday accused a U.S. congressional advisory panel of bias for a report in which it said the Chinese government appeared increasingly to be piercing U.S. computer networks to gather useful data for its military. The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission said in its 2009 report to Congress released last week that there was growing evid ›
CyberCRIME

UK police make Zeus Trojan arrests

"The UK Metropolitan Police Central e-Crime Unit made two arrests earlier this month for suspected use of the Zeus Trojan. A man and a woman, both 20, were apprehended in Manchester on 3 November in Europe's first arrests with regard to Zeus, according to a Met Police statement on Wednesday. A Met Police spokesperson told ZDNet UK on Thursday that a man and a woman had b ›
CyberSECURITY

An Introduction To The FBI's Anti Cyber Crime Network

"The Federal Bureau of Investigation told Congress this week that when it comes to cyber crime, terrorist groups like Al Qaeda aren't the sharpest pencils in the cup, but they're not out of the game either. 'It is always worth remaining mindful that terrorists do not require long term, persistent network access to accomplish some or all of their goals,' Stev ›
CyberSECURITY

Senate Panel: 80 Percent of Cyber Attacks Preventable

"If network administrators simply instituted proper configuration policies and conducted good network monitoring, about 80 percent of commonly known cyber attacks could be prevented, a Senate committee heard Tuesday. The remark was made by Richard Schaeffer, the NSA’s information assurance director, who added that simply adhering to already known best pra ›
CyberSECURITY

National Cyber Incident Response Plan Coming

"In wide ranging testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, some of the federal government's top cybersecurity authorities said that the status quo in federal cybersecurity is not sufficient. They discussed plans to improve cyber defenses, including a new comprehensive National Cyber Incident Response Plan to delineate duties in case of a ma ›
CyberATTACK

Hacker attacks Shaolin temple Website

"A HACKER has broken through Shaolin Temple's legendary kung fu defenses - by attacking its official Website and faking a letter from abbot Shi Yongxing apologizing for the commercialization of Buddhist heritage at the Henan Province temple. The post was defamatory, said senior monk Shi Yanyu, who added that the abbot was on a business trip and could not be reached for co ›
CyberSECURITY

Government IT Confronts Security Threats Daily

"Nearly a third of federal IT pros say their agency experiences at least one cybersecurity incident each day, according to a new survey. The survey of 300 federal IT pros found that 31% said their agency experiences a cybersecurity incident -- external attack, malware, lost device, inappropriate employee access, or other threat -- daily. The frequency of su ›
CyberSECURITY

Botnet masters turn to Google, social networks to avoid detection

"Twitter, Facebook and other social networks, as well as a number of Google services, are being eyed by cybercriminals not only to steal user data, but to use their storage and bandwidth for certain botnet command-and-control capabilities. " (Source: Botnet masters turn to Google, social networks to avoid detection) ›
CyberATTACK

4 Hackers Indicted in $9.5 Million Bank Card Attack

"Four men have been indicted in Georgia on charges that they hacked into the Atlanta-based bank card processing company RBS WorldPay. They allegedly used an army of flunkies to steal $9.5 million in cash from ATM machines around the world in a span of hours. Sergei Tsurikov, 25, of Tallinn, Estonia; Viktor Pleshchuk, 28, of St. Petersburg, Russia; Oleg Cove ›
CyberATTACK

Brazilian Blackout Traced to Sooty Insulators, Not Hackers

"A massive 2007 electrical blackout in Brazil has been newly blamed on computer hackers, but was actually the result of a utility company’s negligent maintenance of high voltage insulators on two transmission lines. That’s according to reports from government regulators and others who investigated the incident for more than a year. In a broadcast Sunday ›
CyberATTACK

Hacker attacks police website

"An investigation is under way after a hacker launched a crude attack on a police website, apparently in revenge for terror deaths in Pakistan. Access to the Durham Police website was temporarily blocked by staff after its security was breached by a man calling himself 'L33T HACKER Ali.Mani'." (Source: The Press Association: Hacker attacks police website) ›
CyberSECURITY

N.Y. gets $3 million boost for cyber security

"Last week, New York state and local government received $3 million from the Department of Homeland Security to help protect their computer networks form cyber security breaches. According to DHS officials the funding will help New York State’s Office of Cyber Security and Critical Infrastructure Coordination (CSCIC) conduct work with the Multi-State Info ›