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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/05/AR2008020503144.htmlBy Robert O'Harrow Jr.Washington Post Staff WriterFebruary 6, 2008U.S. intelligence officials are cautioning that popular Internet services that enable computer users to adopt cartoon-like personas in three-dimensional online spaces also are creating security vulnerabilities by opening novel ways for terrorists and criminals to move money, organize and conduct corporate espionage.Over the last few years, "virtual world read more »
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/14/AR2008021403550.htmlBy Ariana Eunjung ChaWashington Post Foreign ServiceFebruary 15, 2008MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Engineers Lan Lee and Yuefei Ge had drafted a business plan that they promised would roil the U.S. microchip industry. Using blueprints they allegedly stole from their Silicon Valley employer, the men proposed to reproduce a super-fast chip in China at a much lower cost.The documents, recovered by FBI agents, included a contract wi read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 646 days ago
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From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 05:02:52 -0500 (CDT)http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4732714a28.htmlBy TOM PULLAR-STRECKER The Dominion Post 20 October 2008Government agencies should weigh up the risks to security and New Zealand's wider economic interests before outsourcing IT systems overseas, says the State Services Commission.The commission has been developing guidelines for agencies considering "offshoring" information processing for 18 months.An IT industry ex read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 596 days ago
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From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 03:11:32 -0600 (CST)http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2008/12/10/cyber-attack-linked-company-russian-spies/By Jennifer GriffinFOXNews.comDecember 10, 2008 The recent cyber attack on the U.S. military's classified computer network has been traced to a front company run by several former Russian KGB or Federal Security Service spies, FOX News has learned.The attack led the Pentagon to ban the use of external hardware devices, such as flash driv read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 547 days ago
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From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 04:05:15 -0600 (CST)Forwarded from: Vic Vandal <vvandal (at) well.com>CarolinaCon is back for its 5th year! For about the price of your average movie admission with popcorn and a drink ($20), YOU are invited to join us for yet another intimate and informative weekend of technology education.This year's event will be held on the weekend of March 13th-14th, 2009. The event will mostly occur at the Holiday Inn in Chapel Hill, NC. Chape read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 487 days ago
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From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 02:20:36 -0600 (CST)http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,25248019-5001021,00.htmBy Ian McPhedranThe Daily TelegraphMarch 27, 2009ROGUE Defence spies have been accused of hacking into Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon's personal laptop computer to steal bank details of his Chinese-born landlady and long-time family friend Helen Liu.Mr Fitzgibbon rents a house in Canberra from Ms Liu and her details are not stored on his governm read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 481 days ago
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Frequency hopping. It's not a security protocolOverlooked design weaknesses in a widely used type of wireless network are seriously jeopardizing the network security of the retailers and manufacturers that rely on them, a security expert has determined.…Whitepaper - The reference guide to data centre automation read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 479 days ago
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From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 01:00:22 -0500 (CDT)http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123914805204099085.htmlBy Siobhan GormanTechnologyWall Street JournalApril 8, 2009WASHINGTON -- Cyberspies have penetrated the U.S. electrical grid and left behind software programs that could be used to disrupt the system, according to current and former national-security officials.The spies came from China, Russia and other countries, these officials said, and were believed to be on a mis read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 479 days ago
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The Russians, the Chinese, and "others"Foreign cyber-spies have reportedly been infiltrating the US electrical grid and planting software that can be used to destroy key components.…Whitepaper - The reference guide to data centre automation read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 471 days ago
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Bite backA new variant of the infamous Waledac botnet client doing the rounds poses as a utility that allows would-be snoops to view other other people's SMS messages online.… read more »
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Cyber spies have broken into the Pentagon's $300 billion Joint Strike Fighter project - the defense department's costliest weapons program ever, according to the lead item in today's Wall Street Journal. From the story: Similar incidents have also breached the Air Force's air-traffic-control system in recent months, these people say. In the case of the fighter-jet program, the intruders were able to copy and siphon off several terabytes of data related to design and electronics systems, officials say, pote read more »
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