The Scariest Company In Tech

The Scariest Company In Tech


The Scariest Company In Tech

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InfoSec News: The Scariest Company In Tech: http://www.conceivablytech.com/3637/business/the-scariest-company-in-tech/
By Rob Enderle October 20, 2010
A rather controversial presentation came to light this week (it was done back in 2001) from an Oracle market intelligence executive. It suggests [...]

Japan has national botnet warriors; why don't we?

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InfoSec News: Japan has national botnet warriors; why don't we?: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/10/japan-has-a-national-botnet-fighter-wheres-ours.ars
By Matthew Lasar Ars Technica Oct 20, 2010
October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month here in the United States, which is a good thing, because we come down with more PC botnet [...]

FBI Warns Of 'Corporate Account Takeover' Scams

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InfoSec News: FBI Warns Of 'Corporate Account Takeover' Scams: http://www.darkreading.com/smb-security/security/perimeter/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=227900529
By Tim Wilson DarkReading Oct 21, 2010
Cybercriminals are targeting the financial accounts of small and midsize businesses (SMBs), fraudulently transferring money directly from their [...]

Secunia Weekly Summary - Issue: 2010-42

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InfoSec News: Secunia Weekly Summary - Issue: 2010-42: ========================================================================
The Secunia Weekly Advisory Summary 2010-10-14 - 2010-10-21
This week: 60 advisories [...]

Mac users warned of growing virus threat

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InfoSec News: Mac users warned of growing virus threat: http://news.techworld.com/security/3245158/mac-users-warned-of-growing-virus-threat/
By John E Dunn Techworld 21 October 10
Attacks on the Mac are now significant enough to warrant Apple users investing in an anti-virus product, security company Panda Security said [...]

Nuclear Station Suffers USB Data Breach

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InfoSec News: Nuclear Station Suffers USB Data Breach: http://www.eweekeurope.co.uk/news/nuclear-station-suffers-data-breach-from-lost-usb-stick-10731
By Tom Jowitt eWEEK Europe UK October 19, 2010
The data breach threat posed by USB sticks has once again been exposed after nuclear processing company Sellafield began an investigation into [...]

Gene Simmons battles Anonymous group after new DDoS attacks

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InfoSec News: Gene Simmons battles Anonymous group after new DDoS attacks: http://news.techworld.com/security/3244964/gene-simmons-battles-anonymous-group-after-new-ddos-attacks/
By John E Dunn Techworld 20 October 10
Kiss bassist Gene Simmons has started an unwise war of words with the shadowy anti-copyright group believed to be behind a recent spate of [...]

Army cyber unit guards computer networks

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InfoSec News: Army cyber unit guards computer networks: http://fcw.com/articles/2010/10/20/cyber-defense-army-cyber-command.aspx
By Henry Kenyon FCW.com Oct 20, 2010
The Army launched the Army Cyber Command (ARCYBER), the service's component of the U.S. Cyber Command, this month, centralizing existing [...]

Man pleads guilty to using hack, pump-and-dump botnet

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InfoSec News: Man pleads guilty to using hack, pump-and-dump botnet: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9192120/Man_pleads_guilty_to_using_hack_pump_and_dump_botnet
By Robert McMillan IDG News Service October 20, 2010
A Chandler, Ariz., man has pleaded guilty to charges related to his role in a pump-and-dump scam that inflated penny stock prices via spam and [...]

PCI: Smaller Merchants Threatened

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InfoSec News: PCI: Smaller Merchants Threatened: http://www.bankinfosecurity.com/articles.php?art_id=3019
By Linda McGlasson Managing Editor Bank Info Security October 19, 2010
The Payment Card Industry's Security Standards Council may be doing a good job helping lock down larger retailers, but the smaller "Mom and [...]

Pentagon Will Help Homeland Security Department Fight Domestic Cyberattacks

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InfoSec News: Pentagon Will Help Homeland Security Department Fight Domestic Cyberattacks: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/21/us/21cyber.html
By Thom Shanker The New York Times October 20, 2010
WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration has adopted new procedures for using the Defense Department’s vast array of cyberwarfare capabilities in case of an attack on vital computer networks inside the United States, delicately navigating historic rules that restrict military action on American soil.
The system would mirror that used when the military is called on in natural disasters like hurricanes or wildfires. A presidential order dispatches the military forces, working under the control of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Under the new rules, the president would approve the use of the military’s expertise in computer-network warfare, and the Department of Homeland Security would direct the work.
Officials involved in drafting the rules said the goal was to ensure a rapid response to a cyberthreat while balancing concerns that civil liberties might be at risk should the military take over such domestic operations.
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