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“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 …

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‘Google’ Hackers Had Ability to Alter Source Code
Sun, 7/03/10 – 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 property the system is meant to protect.

The software-management systems, widely used at businesses unaware that the holes exist, were exploited by the Aurora hackers in a way that would have enabled them to siphon source code, as well as modify it to make customers of the software vulnerable to attack. It’s akin to making yourself a set of keys in advance for locks that are going to be sold far and wide.

A white paper released by security firm McAfee during this week’s RSA security conference in San Francisco provides a couple of new details about the Operation Aurora attacks (.pdf) that affected 34 U.S. companies, including Google and Adobe, beginning last July. McAfee helped Adobe investigate the attack on its system and provided information to Google about malware used in the attacks.”

(‘Google’ Hackers Had Ability to Alter Source Code | Threat Level | Wired.com)

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Broad New Hacking Attack Detected
Wed, 17/02/10 – 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
Wed, 17/02/10 – 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 …

Cyberterrorism Hype v. Fact
Tue, 16/02/10 – 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 …

Police nab porn hacker behind Moscow traffic mayhem
Tue, 16/02/10 – 19:32 | No Comment

“Russian police said on Tuesday they had arrested a prankster who hacked into a computer system to show a pornographic movie on a giant advertising screen, causing havoc on a busy Moscow thoroughfare.
The two-minute clip, …

Einstein 2: U.S. government’s ‘enlightening’ new cybersecurity weapon
Thu, 11/02/10 – 16:49 | No Comment

“The Department of Homeland Security is detecting new patterns of cyberattacks from foreign adversaries — some targeted at particular agencies and others aimed at the entire U.S. government — due to to special-purpose intrusion-detection systems …

Activists unleash Operation Titstorm on Aussie.gov
Wed, 10/02/10 – 8:55 | No Comment

“Cyberactivists have launched an distributed denial of service attack on Australian government servers, as part of a protest against proposed anti-porn and net censorship regulations.
Operation Titstorm, launched on Wednesday, will also involve spam emails, junk …

Hacker ‘Mudge’ gets DARPA job
Wed, 10/02/10 – 8:53 | No Comment

“Peiter Zatko–a respected hacker known as ‘Mudge’–has been tapped to be a program manager at DARPA, where he will be in charge of funding research designed to help give the U.S. government tools needed to …

House Passes Cybersecurity Bill
Thu, 4/02/10 – 17:39 | No Comment

“The House today overwhelmingly passed a bill aimed at building up the United States’ cybersecurity army and expertise, amid growing alarm over the country’s vulnerability online.
The bill, which passed 422-5, requires the Obama administration to …

Hacker attacks Ceridian; data from 27,000 at risk
Wed, 3/02/10 – 22:19 | No Comment

“A hacker attack at payroll processing firm Ceridian Corp. of Bloomington has potentially revealed the names, Social Security numbers, and, in some cases, the birth dates and bank accounts of 27,000 employees working at 1,900 …

Black Hat: Zero-day hack of Oracle 11g database revealed
Wed, 3/02/10 – 18:02 | No Comment

“A well-known security researcher yesterday showed how to subvert security in the Oracle 11g database by exploiting zero-day vulnerabilities that would let a savvy user gain full and complete control.”
(Black Hat: Zero-day hack of Oracle …


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