Posts Tagged ‘US’
U.S. Firms Over-Reliant on Firewalls to Defend Against DDoS Attacks
Thursday, May 17th, 2012
More than half of US businesses still rely on conventional firewalls or intrusion prevention systems to shield themselves from the scourge of DDoS attacks, a survey by services firm Neustar has found.
Week in review: Massive carding ring bust, cyber attacks against US gas companies, and the creation and evolution of the superuser
Monday, May 14th, 2012
Here's an overview of some of last week's most interesting news, podcasts and articles:
Phishers mimic OpenID to steal credentials
New spam email campaigns are taking advantage of the users' vag...
Ransomware starts targeting US users
Thursday, May 10th, 2012
A year or two ago, fake antivirus solutions were pushed almost daily onto users, but as time went by, they became wiser and more able to recognize them. So cybercriminals toned it down and began repla...
Cyber attacks on US gas pipeline operators
Tuesday, May 8th, 2012
The US Department of Homeland Security is reported to have warned natural gas pipeline operators of a wave of targeted attacks. Successful attacks have already reportedly been carried out
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Cyber attackers target US natural gas pipeline companies
Tuesday, May 8th, 2012
Unknown attackers are actively targeting natural gas pipeline sector companies in the US with spear phishing emails, the US Department of Homeland Security's Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency...
Lockheed Martin is awarded cyber-defence contract worth millions
Friday, May 4th, 2012
US arms manufacturer Lockheed Martin has been awarded a contract worth millions to assist the US government in fighting internet crime
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GCHQ’s spy death riddle shines light on UK hacker war
Thursday, May 3rd, 2012Was Gareth Williams spotted at Blackhat or Defcon?
British intelligence agent Dr Gareth Williams’ last mission before he was “unlawfully killed” was to infiltrate and report on US hacker meetings, evidence given at his inquest this week has indicated.…
US authorities target games consoles
Monday, April 30th, 2012
A company has been awarded a contract by the US government to develop forensic tools for analysing the data stored on games consoles
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Resistance against US cyber security act is growing
Tuesday, April 24th, 2012
Eighteen Democrat representatives have voiced their concerns to the initiators of the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act. A Republican presidential candidate has also criticised the act
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FBI seizes US anonymisation server
Saturday, April 21st, 2012
The seizure is directed against a mixmaster service alleged to have been used to make bomb threats. Activists have condemned what the "sledgehammer approach", claiming that many civil rights projects have also been affected
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