Chinese, North Koreans suspects in security breach
By Mike Maloof
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A message that North Korea had conducted a nuclear attack on the Japanese island of Okinawa turned out to be false, but the fact it was delivered via U.S. military communications has prompted a high alert, according to U.S. officials who asked to remain [...]
Howard Schmidt
U.S. Cybersecurity Coordinator
In a keynote address at RSA, national cybersecurity coordinator Howard Schmidt announced that the White House was releasing an unclassified version of its plan for securing government and private industry networks which is called Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative, and now available for download from the White House Website (PDF).
Among Schmidt’s [...]
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The problem is not just buying a fake medicine on the internet, it has a potential of hurting people two ways – it is not the real Tamiflu and we don’t know what’s being falsely market as Tamiflu. DISC
By Kate Kelland Kate
LONDON (Reuters) – Criminal gangs are making millions of dollars [...]
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Webnewwire.com report submitted on November 11, 2009
Has your girlfriend blocked you and you cant see her on-line? Wondering how to keep your email account protected? Or want to hide files from your annoying siblings? MTV’s got Ankit Fadia – the coolest Ethical Hacker in the world to give you everything from [...]
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NZ HERALD reported that Facebook users – already being targeted in a malware campaign – are now under threat from a phishing scam.
Security specialists Symantec report that the company’s systems have picked up fake messages that appear to be sent by the social networking service.
Users will receive an email [...]
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Hacking: The Art of Exploitation
London, Oct 23 (ANI): The Communist regime in China with the help of a elite hacker community is building its cyber warfare capabilities and appears to be using a long-term computer attack campaign to collect US intelligence.
An independent study released by a congressional advisory panel found cases that suggested [...]
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Phishing and Countermeasures: Understanding the Increasing Problem of Electronic Identity Theft
Phishing is a practice of luring unsuspecting Internet users to a fake Web site by using authentic-looking email with the real organization’s logo, in an attempt to steal passwords, financial or personal information. In daily life people advise to retrace your steps when you lose [...]
Image by Boyce Duprey via FlickrAssociated Press reported by Hyung-jin Kim, Wed Jul 8 “South Korean intelligence officials believe North Korea or pro-Pyongyang forces committed cyber attacks that paralyzed major South Korean and U.S. government Web sites, aides to two lawmakers said Wednesday.”
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Cyber attacks on South Korean and U.S. [...]
According to SF chronicle article by Deborah Gage (June 17, 2009, c1) a troublesome online network for buying and selling access to infected computers has been discovered by security researchers. The name of the group is GoldenCashWorld which sell access to online infected computers such as web server, mail server, database server etc. Infected computers [...]
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