Iran confirms massive Stuxnet infection of industrial systems

Iran confirms massive Stuxnet infection of industrial systems

Iran confirms massive Stuxnet infection of industrial systems

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InfoSec News: Iran confirms massive Stuxnet infection of industrial systems: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9188018/Iran_confirms_massive_Stuxnet_infection_of_industrial_systems
By Gregg Keizer Computerworld September 25, 2010
Officials in Iran have confirmed that the Stuxnet worm infected at least 30,000 Windows PCs in the country, multiple Iranian news services [...]

FBI joins investigation into MI6 spy's death

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InfoSec News: FBI joins investigation into MI6 spy's death: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/8024998/FBI-joins-investigation-into-MI6-spys-death.html
By Gordon Thomas and Patrick Sawer Telegraph.co.uk 25 Sep 2010
The bureau has employed face recognition technology at US airports in a bid to establish whether Gareth Williams travelled in and out of the US any stage with a couple answering the description of two people Scotland Yard have appealed to come forward in connection with his death.
The couple, of 'Mediterranean' appearance, were thought to have visited Mr Williams's flat in Pimlico sometime in June or July. Scotland Yard believes the pair, in their thirties, were known to Mr Williams since neighbours do not recall buzzing them into the address.
So far no trace of the couple has been found and detectives believe they could be significant to the inquiry.
Mr Williams, a computing and maths prodigy whose funeral on Friday was attended by Sir John Sawers, the head of MI6, had made regular trips to the United States, where he worked on secondment to the US National Security Agency (NSA) in Fort Meade, Maryland, helping to create defences against cyberattack on banking and infrastructure systems.
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3 million gov't websites assailed by vicious hidden links

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InfoSec News: 3 million gov't websites assailed by vicious hidden links: http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90782/90872/7150848.html
By People's Daily Online September 26, 2010
Shen Yang, a doctorial tutor at School of Information Management under Wuhan University, showed reporters on Sept. 22 at his office that there [...]

An army of tech-savvy warriors has been fighting its battles in cyberspace

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InfoSec News: An army of tech-savvy warriors has been fighting its battles in cyberspace: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/23/AR2010092303000.html
By Ellen Nakashima Washington Post Staff Writer September 23, 2010
They were Air Force fighter pilots, Army rangers and Marine tank commanders. There was even a Navy fighter jet radar officer who had been [...]

Cyber terrorism hits Nigeria

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InfoSec News: Cyber terrorism hits Nigeria: http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/features/special-%20reports/2010/sept/25/special-report-25-09-2010-001.htm
By Emmanuel Mayah Daily Sun September 25, 2010
Life in Nigeria is pretty much becoming a video war game. In the past, you could choose to bump off an individual or an enemy organisation using letter bomb, price-tag assassins, corporate spies or attack dogs in white collar. Today, the thin line between reality and science fiction is blurred, so much so that a cripple with the right computer know-how can sit in one corner of his room and mobilise millions of zombies to cause an oil spillage in the Niger Delta or to hold a multinational hostage until a huge ransom is paid.
In Italy, not too long ago, a mob boss was shot but survived the shooting. That night, while he was in the hospital, the assassins hacked into the hospital computer and changed his medication so that he would be given a lethal injection. He was a dead man a few hours later. They then changed the medication order back to its correct form, after it had been incorrectly administered, to cover their tracks so that the nurse would be blamed for the “accident.”
Elsewhere in Nigeria, shockwave swept across the city of Lagos last year after a television house became the target of a bomb attack. The same effect was achieved three weeks back, as mainstream newspaper websites were brought down by unknown hackers.
One of the first people to discover the cyber siege was Nigerians in Diaspora, who rely on online newspapers to follow news and political developments back home. One of the sites affected was the sunnewsonline.com. Virtually all the sites were blank or had one stagnant old page that refused to move an inch no matter how hard you hit at the keys. In desperation, long-distance calls were coming in from the US, Europe, Australia, Asia, and other parts of the world. Everyone wanted to find out what was going on and, in the process triggered a cycle of panic that looked like the aftermath of a coup d’état.
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Lock Picking Popularity Growing

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InfoSec News: Lock Picking Popularity Growing: http://www.darkreading.com/blog/archives/2010/09/lock_picking_po.html
By John Sawyer Evil Bytes Dark Reading Sep 24, 2010
As security professionals, it is easy to get focused only on the technical side of security and forget about the importance of physical security. [...]

Corporate espionage on the rise in India

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InfoSec News: Corporate espionage on the rise in India: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-company/corporate-trends/Corporate-espionage-on-the-rise-in-India/articleshow/6617591.cms
By Shilpa Phadnis & Mini Joseph Tejaswi The Economic Times 24 Sep, 2010
BANGALORE: Corporate espionage is on the rise in the country, with the [...]

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