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Cyberattacks push CSIS to reach out to business
Monday, 8 Mar, 2010 – 19:53 | No Comment

“As economic espionage and hacking become growing threats to the West, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service is stepping up efforts to persuade businesses to safeguard secrets deemed vital to national interests.
CSIS’s corporate-outreach program, which started …

FBI Warns Brewing Cyberwar May Have Same Impact as ‘Well-Placed Bomb’
Monday, 8 Mar, 2010 – 10:49 | No Comment

“NATO and America’s European allies are sounding the alarm over what they say are increased cyber attacks originating from China that are targeting key government and intelligence computers.
The warning comes on the heels of an …

‘Google’ Hackers Had Ability to Alter Source Code
Sunday, 7 Mar, 2010 – 21:26 | No Comment

“Hackers who breached Google and other companies in January targeted source-code management systems, security firm McAfee asserted Wednesday. They manipulated a little-known trove of security flaws that would allow easy unauthorized access to the intellectual …

Former Intelligence Chief: U.S. Would Lose Cyberwar
Tuesday, 23 Feb, 2010 – 19:54 | No Comment

“The risk of a catastrophic cyberattack is approaching the gravity of the nuclear risk, according to the Bush administration’s top spy.
‘The cyber risk has become so important that, in my view, it rivals nuclear weapons …

‘Sophisticated’ Hack Hit Intel in January
Tuesday, 23 Feb, 2010 – 15:12 | No Comment

“Intel is the latest U.S. corporation to acknowledge that it was hacked in January in a sophisticated attack that occurred at the same time that Google, Adobe and others were targeted.
The giant California-based chip maker …

U.S. Pinpoints Coder Behind Google Attack
Monday, 22 Feb, 2010 – 14:53 | No Comment

“U.S. government analysts believe a Chinese man with government links wrote the key part of a spyware program used in hacker attacks on Google last year, the Financial Times reported on Monday.
The man, a security …

Broad New Hacking Attack Detected
Wednesday, 17 Feb, 2010 – 22:28 | No Comment

“Hackers in Europe and China successfully broke into computers at nearly 2,500 companies and government agencies over the last 18 months in a coordinated global attack that exposed vast amounts of personal and corporate secrets …

Warrant issued for arrest of cyclist turned hacker
Wednesday, 17 Feb, 2010 – 9:02 | No Comment

“Landis initially won the famous Tour de France cycle race in 2006, but was later stripped of his title when tests indicated that he had taken performance-enhancing drugs.
The cyclist is now wanted in connection with …

25 ways to better secure software from cyber attacks
Tuesday, 16 Feb, 2010 – 20:28 | No Comment

“Concerns about cyber security seem to be as pervasive as the Web itself, whether it’s China’s capacity to wage cyber warfare, the vulnerability of U.S. public utilities and other critical infrastructure to online attacks, or …

Cyberterrorism Hype v. Fact
Tuesday, 16 Feb, 2010 – 19:33 | No Comment

“Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair caught the media’s attention recently with two major headlines when he presented this year’s Annual Threat Assessment (PDF) of the U.S. Intelligence Community. The first was his statement that …