“An attack in which someone fraudulently obtained digital certificates for some major Web sites–which could have been used to impersonate those sites–was broader than originally reported, according to Comodo, a Jersey City, N.J.-based firm that issues the certificates. Another Registration Authority, or RA, that resells digital certificates for Comodo was compromised, in addition to the [...]
“The National Security Agency has been called in to help investigate recent hack attacks against the company that runs the Nasdaq stock market, according to a news report. The agency’s precise role in the investigation hasn’t been disclosed, but its involvement suggests the October 2010 attacks may have been more severe than Nasdaq OMX Group [...]
“Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s parliamentary computer and the foreign and defence ministers’ machines are all suspected of being hacked, with China under suspicion, reports said Tuesday. Sydney’s Daily Telegraph said American intelligence officials tipped off the government that several thousand emails may have been accessed from the computers of at least 10 ministers. As [...]
“The European Union is under cyber attack, a spokesman said Thursday, as a major international summit begins. The attack is targeting the EU Commission — its executive arm — and the external action service, said Antony Gravali, a spokesman for the EU administration in Brussels, Belgium. ‘I was alerted to this on Tuesday and we [...]
“One of the victims is itemBay, the nation’s largest trading site for online games. Last October, Seoul police concluded that hackers located in China’s Jilin Province waged attacks on the firm’s website for two years from 2008 at the request of its Korean rival. The case is only the tip of the iceberg. There are [...]
“The security of critical infrastructure is in the spotlight again this week after a researcher released attack code that can exploit several vulnerabilities found in systems that are used at oil, gas and water management facilities as well as manufacturing facilities around the world. The exploits, 34 in number, were published by a researcher on [...]
“The Clarksburg FBI complex is taking part in a $1 billion project that will enable law enforcement agencies to identify criminals and terrorists by physical characteristics more quickly and accurately, an FBI official said Monday in Charleston. Earlier this month, the FBI center unveiled its ‘Next Generation Identification System,’ which will slowly replace an older [...]
“Aaron Wendel opened the doors of his business to some unexpected visitors on the morning of Mar. 16, 2011. The chief technology officer of Kansas City based hosting provider Wholesale Internet found that two U.S. marshals, a pair of computer forensics experts and a Microsoft lawyer had come calling, armed with papers allowing them to [...]
“Hackers are penetrating the national power grid, say industry insiders who want the federal government to act. ‘We certainly know from our customers that their systems have been infiltrated. It’s been going on for some time,’ said Doug Westlund, president of N-Dimension Solutions, a Richmond Hill, Ont. cyber security company that works with North American [...]
“The U.S. military does not have the trained personnel or the legal authorities it needs to respond to a computer-based attack on America or its allies, and a crisis would quickly strain the force, the Pentagon’s cyber commander said. Gen. Keith Alexander, head of the Defense Department’s Cyber Command, told Congress on Wednesday that he [...]
