Defense official discloses cyberattack

Defense official discloses cyberattack

Defense official discloses cyberattack

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InfoSec News: Defense official discloses cyberattack: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/24/AR2010082406154.html
By Ellen Nakashima The Washington Post August 24, 2010
Now it is official: The most significant breach of U.S. military computers was caused by a flash drive inserted into a U.S. [...]

Was Cyberwarfare the Cause of the Flash Crash?

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InfoSec News: Was Cyberwarfare the Cause of the Flash Crash?: http://www.advancedtrading.com/blog/archives/2010/08/was_cyberwarefa.html
By Ivy Schmerken Advanced Trading Aug 24, 2010
The clues to the causes of the mysterious May 6 flash crash are evidently buried in the trading data. Yesterday the New York Times [...]

Windows DLL bug hits dozens of apps

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InfoSec News: Windows DLL bug hits dozens of apps: http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20014625-245.html
By Elinor Mills InSecurity Complex CNet News August 24, 2010
A flaw in the way Windows handles DLL (dynamic-link library) and related files likely affects hundreds of applications and has already been used [...]

The pros and cons of government cybersecurity work

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InfoSec News: The pros and cons of government cybersecurity work: http://gcn.com/articles/2010/08/23/cybereye-cybersecurity-jobs.aspx
By William Jackson GCN.com Aug 23, 2010
Cybersecurity is a growth industry, with rapidly increasing demand for qualified professionals in government and industry and a growing number of schools offering courses and degrees. [...]

Cyber security ignorance

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InfoSec News: Cyber security ignorance: http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2924915
JoongAng Daily August 21, 2010
Leaked military information is becoming a common occurrence here in large part because of a lack of security awareness among defense officials, despite the increasing severity of cyber attacks at the hands of North Korean hackers.
Some senior defense officials have lost sensitive and classified information after transferring files to USB drives - even though the military prohibits the use of such technology to store data because it can easily be stolen.
Strong disciplinary measures are needed to ratchet up security awareness among defense officials.
According to a Defense Security Command report to the National Assembly, the number of military officials punished for violating security codes and leaking - both intentionally and accidentally - confidential military information has been increasing sharply every year. The number was 510 in 2005 and rose to 879 in 2006, 965 in 2007, 1,164 in 2008, 1,512 in 2009 and 886 through the first six months of this year.
There have been some serious cases this year as well. The computers of 13 soldiers stationed at one particular base were hacked from January to March, exposing 1,715 files.
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FSA fine Zurich UK over data security breach

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InfoSec News: FSA fine Zurich UK over data security breach: http://www.metro.co.uk/money/838932-fsa-fine-zurich-uk-over-data-security-breach
By Ben Evans Metro.co.uk 24th August, 2010
Zurich UK suffered the £2.28million fine after losing a disk containing the details of 46,000 customers.
In certain cases, customers bank and credit card details were amongst the lost data on the disk. Details of people’s insured assets were also believed to be on the disk.
FSA director of enforcement and financial crime, Margaret Cole, commented, “"It [Zurich UK] failed to oversee the outsourcing arrangement effectively and did not have full control over the data being processed by Zurich SA.
“Zurich UK let its customers down badly.”
The FSA have taken a firm stance, believing Zurich’s negligence could have resulted in dire financial repercussions for its customers.
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Apple Mac Security Update Plugs 13 Vulnerabilities

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InfoSec News: Apple Mac Security Update Plugs 13 Vulnerabilities: http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Apple-Mac-Security-Update-Plugs-13-Vulnerabilities-718935/
By Brian Prince eWEEK.com 2010-08-24
Apple released a security update for Mac OS X that patches 13 vulnerabilities.
The release fixes issues in several components, including CoreGraphics [...]

Rustock botnet ditches encryption to ramp spam

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InfoSec News: Rustock botnet ditches encryption to ramp spam: http://news.techworld.com/security/3236787/rustock-botnet-ditches-encryption-to-ramp-spam/
By John E Dunn Techworld 24 August 2010
The Rustock mega-botnet appears to have ditched the experimental use of TLS (transport layer security) to obscure its activity, Symantec has reported. [...]

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