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USB malware attacks is much more widespread than Stuxnet

November 8, 2010 - 6:17am | Fraud | News
USB malware attacks is much more widespread than Stuxnet

According to the latest report by a security vendor one out of every eight PC attacks is made via USB devices targeting the Windows AutoRun function. Avast reported that it had detected an increasing number of malware attacks which target the AutoRun function in Windows and plug-in USB devices. Of the 700,000 recorded attacks on computers across the avast user community during the last week of October, one out of every eight attacks -- or 12.5 percent -- came via USB devices.
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Avast | computer attack | cyber attack | malware | security vendor | Sutxnet | USB
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Hackers attack Australian government protesting against online porn filter

February 10, 2010 - 1:38am | Fraud | News
Hackers attack Australian government protesting against online porn filter

Australian government websites were disabled on Wednesday by a group of computer hackers who tried to express their protect against a planned Internet filter on porn production.

According to the reports confirmed by the Attorney General’s Department Australia’s parliamentary website was down for about an hour. The attack also hit the website of the Communications Department, which is pushing a compulsory internet filter for pornography and offensive content.
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abusive content | Australia | computer attack | cyber attack | online porn
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China also suffers large scale DDoS attacks?

May 22, 2009 - 7:55am | News | Other themes
China also suffers large scale DDoS attacks?

It was announced that an attack on a domain registrar in China caused access problems for millions of internet users earlier this week.

As a chain reaction touched off by a distributed denial-of-service attack on the domain name of system servers of DNSPod, Internet service in at least five provinces including Shanxi, Guangxi, Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Hebei was negatively affected.
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China | computer attack | ddos attacks | internet | website
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Exploits in Linux and Windows used by hackers to steal financial data

April 27, 2009 - 9:44am | Fraud | News
Exploits in Linux and Windows used by hackers to steal financial data

Ed Skoudis, a senior security consultant for InGuardians, and Johannes Ullrich, the CTO of the SANS Internet Storm Center, say hackers continue to penetrate many more company networks than administrators admit. They offer a list of the most effective exploits used to gain entry.
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computer attack | computer security | demilitarized zone | exploit | firewall | hacker | patch
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U.S. needs hacker schools and camps?

April 24, 2009 - 7:52am | News | Other themes
U.S. needs hacker schools and camps?

Ed Skoudis, founder and senior security consultant for InGuardians, has stated during a panel on Thursday at the RSA security conference that the US government has to train the youth in offensive and defensive cyber technologies.

Skoudis suggests these measures are necessary so that the country is less vulnerable to attacks on its critical infrastructure.
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computer attack | cyber security | cyber technology | data breach | hacking
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Chinese hackers intruded Pentagon’s $300 billion project

April 21, 2009 - 2:54am | Fraud | News
Chinese hackers intruded Pentagon’s $300 billion project

The Pentagons’ most expensive weapons program known as the $300 billion Joint Strike Fighter project has been repeatedly attacked by the computer spies, reports the Wall Street Journal. Government officials familiar with the matter said that the intruders managed to copy and transfer data related to design and electronics systems, making it potentially easier to defend against the plane.
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China | computer attack | hacker | internet | intrusion | Pentagon | spies
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