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Eastern European CERTs stage massive Virut botnet takedown
Eastern European CERTs stage massive Virut botnet takedown
A large Eastern European botnet has been thwarted in Poland and Russia – for now. Local Computer Emergency Response Teams (CERTs) and partners have shut down the Virut threat, which in Poland alone commanded more than 890,000 unique IP addresses.
Jan. 24, 2013
Senate Democrats introduce 2013 Cybersecurity Act
Senate Democrats introduce 2013 Cybersecurity Act
After a US presidential election season that saw cybersecurity policy come front and center in debates and as planks in political platforms, the US Senate Committee on Commerce said this week that it is reviving the debate surrounding the passage of a comprehensive cybersecurity bill with a new proposal.
Jan. 24, 2013
Life Behind the Black Curtain: What it takes to setup a large tradeshow network.
Life Behind the Black Curtain: What it takes to setup a large tradeshow network.
I spend a lot of time behind curtains.  That’s not really out of choice as it’s the nature of where they stick you when you’re running the network at a...
Jan. 24, 2013
Join us for the Community for Connected Health Summit at HIMSS13
Join us for the Community for Connected Health Summit at HIMSS13
On March 4, Cisco will sponsor the 6th Annual Community for Connected Health Summit during the HIMSS13 Annual Conference & Exhibition.  This year’s
Jan. 24, 2013
Mega’s security put under the microscope; and Mega responds
Mega’s security put under the microscope; and Mega responds
Following the razzmatazz at the launch of Dotcom’s new secure Mega file storage service over the weekend comes the expected analysis and criticism of its security. There are two primary areas of focus – the RSA key generation and an apparent deduplication process.
Jan. 23, 2013
Why did WikiLeaks dox Swartz?
Why did WikiLeaks dox Swartz?
In a brief series of tweets, WikiLeaks seems to have named Aaron Swartz as a WikiLeaks contributor; but the motivation for the move remains unclear.
Jan. 23, 2013
New features available for GoAnywhere file transfer services
New features available for GoAnywhere file transfer services
Linoma Software, the managed file transfer and data encryption specialist, has announced new clustering and load balancing capabilities for its GoAnywhere Services version 3.1 offering.
Jan. 23, 2013
Cybersecurity faces mostly 'post-PC' threats
Cybersecurity faces mostly 'post-PC' threats
Even as the existing cybersecurity threat landscape becomes more complex, IT departments should be looking to the next wrinkle: cybercriminals have moved beyond the PC, targeting Android, social media and the Mac OS X with new attacks.
Jan. 23, 2013
SCADA password-cracker targets Siemens gear
SCADA password-cracker targets Siemens gear
SCADA vulnerabilities are once again making their frightening selves known with the revelation that a new password-cracker is specifically targeting industrial control systems.
Jan. 23, 2013
Sri Lanka Ports Authority Website Hacked by Davy Jones
Sri Lanka Ports Authority Website Hacked by Davy Jones
The official website of Sri Lanka’s Ports Authority (slpa.lk) was hacked and defaced yesterday by a hacker going with the handle of Davy Jones.
Jan. 23, 2013
Canadian student threatened, expelled and then hired
Canadian student threatened, expelled and then hired
The solution to bad publicity is to own it, not inflate it. That’s what SkyTech has done with the Canadian student who found flaws in its software: first he was threatened and expelled, but now he’s been offered a scholarship and part-time job.
Jan. 22, 2013
Red Dot – a new exploit kit for hire
Red Dot – a new exploit kit for hire
A new exploit kit dubbed Red Dot is being offered for hire on the internet underground at $700 for 6 months, or $1200 for a full year (although the vendor retains ‘the right to change the price of the product at any time’).
Jan. 22, 2013