Outgoing US president George W. Bush has been personally briefed by senior military leaders on what’s described by the Los Angeles Times as a “severe and widespread electronic attack on Defense Department computers”. And the attack may have originated in Russia in an incursion, “that posed unusual concern among commanders and raised potential implications for national […]
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When malware spammers get out of control, what’s the best thing to do? Call in the US Army, perhaps? A free malware-detector called BotHunter, sponsored by the US Army Research Office, “works so well that it has even found infected Mac computers, much to the embarrassment of the Mac owners who, of course, swear that their computers […]
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Sales of RemoteSpy keylogger spyware have been halted at the request of the Federal Trade Commission. The FTC filed a complaint against CyberSpy Software on November 5, “alleging the company has violated the FTC Act by selling software that can be deployed remotely by someone other than the owner or authorized user of a computer, can […]
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The theft of $4,500 from an Australian woman’s online bank account happened because of a Trojan horse hidden on her computer. “Two unauthorised deductions - each for $1485 - were made from e-banking customer Sandra Bridekirk’s account,” says Australian IT. When she rang the bank, “she was told a third payment was programmed to occur that day,” […]
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Chinese hackers gained “extensive access to unclassified White House emails” when they broke into White House systems last year, says the Wall Street Journal, quoting “current and former government officials familiar with the matter”. “The break-ins were discovered last year, said several private-sector experts familiar with the breach,” says the story. “They said they learned about it […]
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You have to hand it to them. They don’t miss a beat. “Within hours of settling the U.S. presidential election on Tuesday, spam seen worldwide began incorporating the name and image of Barack Obama, according to various security vendors,” says CNet News. Sophos reported 60% of all spam it came across on Wednesday was in some way […]
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You have to hand it to them. They don’t miss a beat. “Within hours of settling the U.S. presidential election on Tuesday, spam seen worldwide began incorporating the name and image of Barack Obama, according to various security vendors,” says CNet News. Sophos reported 60% of all spam it came across on Wednesday was in some way […]
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A new task force for protection against cyber attacks has been set up by the US Army. Called the Defense Industrial Base Cyber Security Task Force (DIB CSTF) and with an annual budget of $1.2 million, it will, “combat the apparently widespread theft of controlled but unclassified information from computer systems,” says Heise Online, going on: “The […]
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A new task force for protection against cyber attacks has been set up by the US Army. Called the Defense Industrial Base Cyber Security Task Force (DIB CSTF) and with an annual budget of $1.2 million, it will, “combat the apparently widespread theft of controlled but unclassified information from computer systems,” says Heise Online, going on: “The […]
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