Article Archive for November 2009
“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 …
“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 …
“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 …
“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, …
“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 …
“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 …
“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 …
“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 …
“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 …
“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 …
