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Congresswoman says chance of cyber attack against electric grid is 100%
Congresswoman says chance of cyber attack against electric grid is 100%
Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-NY) delivered the evening keynote during the SC Congress in mid-town Manhattan yesterday, as the member of the House Committee on Homeland Security told the audience that the US electric grid remains vulnerable to a near-certain cyber attack.
Nov. 11, 2010
Trend Micro's Rik Ferguson reports on a new Facebook phishing vector
Trend Micro's Rik Ferguson reports on a new Facebook phishing vector
The fact that social networking portal has more than 500 million members attracts attacks like moths to a flame. Trend Micro's Rik Ferguson has seen an interesting new twist to phishing this week on the site.
Nov. 10, 2010
Computer virus sparks bizarre $6 million fraud case
Computer virus sparks bizarre $6 million fraud case
Composer Roger Davidson was scammed out of millions of dollars after he brought his laptop into a computer repair shop in Westchester County, New York, in 2004 to get rid of a virus.
Nov. 10, 2010
Forrester zero trust model design to make entire network secure
Forrester zero trust model design to make entire network secure
Forrester said that it has developed a “zero trust” model designed to make security ubiquitous through the network, not just at the perimeter.
Nov. 10, 2010
Royal Navy website sunk by SQL injection hacker
Royal Navy website sunk by SQL injection hacker
One of the websites operated by the Royal Navy was shut down yesterday, after a hacker called TinKode gained unauthorised access to the server using an SQL injection attack.
Nov. 9, 2010
Defence minister Nick Harvey to detail UK cyber battle plans
Defence minister Nick Harvey to detail UK cyber battle plans
Armed forces minister Nick Harvey is to expand on recent announcements on UK cyber defences in London today.
Nov. 9, 2010
ZeuS malware dominates October malware landscape
ZeuS malware dominates October malware landscape
The latest monthly analysis of the malware landscape from Kaspersky Lab shows that the ZeuS trojan continued to strike, as it became one of the most commonly used and best-selling spy programmes on the online black market.
Nov. 8, 2010
Massive DDoS attack knocks Burma offline
Massive DDoS attack knocks Burma offline
A serious distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack has effectively taken the country of Burma offline. The attack, which started on Tuesday, has reportedly clogged up the country’s main 45 Mbps internet feed, with DDoS packet rates of between 10 and 15 Gbps.
Nov. 5, 2010
ICO planning data breach fines later this month says commissioner
ICO planning data breach fines later this month says commissioner
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is preparing to impose fines on companies that break provisions of the Data Protection Act later this month, the information commissioner, Christopher Graham, has said.
Nov. 5, 2010
Many hands cooperated to build Stuxnet worm
Many hands cooperated to build Stuxnet worm
More than 30 people built Stuxnet worm, noted Brian Tillett, information security researcher at Symantec. Stuxnet has attacked a range of targets including Iranian nuclear facilities and Chinese computers.
Nov. 5, 2010
Tokyo police probe leak of anti-terror informant information
Tokyo police probe leak of anti-terror informant information
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police is investigating a large leak of sensitive international anti-terrorism documents – including names and addresses of informants – that were placed on the internet, according to Japanese press reports.
Nov. 4, 2010
SpyEye trojan attacks heated up in the summer
SpyEye trojan attacks heated up in the summer
The SpyEye trojan, which is competing for criminal “business” with Zeus, has seen a recent surge in activity, according to Lance James, a security researcher at Damballa.
Nov. 4, 2010