State-owned France 24 is in turmoil over boardroom 'spying' claims |
- State-owned France 24 is in turmoil over boardroom 'spying' claims
- Hacker threat put HISD records at risk
- Government Considers Selling GCHQ Security Expertise
- Secunia Weekly Summary - Issue: 2010-48
- German hackers "gained access to Lady Gaga's computer"
- Cyberespionage At A Crossroads
- Increased hacking poses major threat
- Canadian cyber-security lax, experts warn
- Feds pursue Russian, 23, behind one third of ALL WORLD SPAM
- Federal Cybersecurity Spending To Hit $13.3B By 2015
State-owned France 24 is in turmoil over boardroom 'spying' claims Posted: InfoSec News: State-owned France 24 is in turmoil over boardroom 'spying' claims: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/02/france24-spying-turmoil-police-hacking By Angelique Chrisafis guardian.co.uk 2 December 2010 It was Jacques Chirac's dream: a French rolling-news channel to challenge the BBC and CNN, beaming Paris's global view into the living rooms of the world. [...] |
Hacker threat put HISD records at risk Posted: InfoSec News: Hacker threat put HISD records at risk: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7321902.html By ERICKA MELLON HOUSTON CHRONICLE Dec. 2, 2010 Hundreds of thousands of students and employees in the Houston school district had their Social Security numbers and other personal data [...] |
Government Considers Selling GCHQ Security Expertise Posted: InfoSec News: Government Considers Selling GCHQ Security Expertise: http://www.eweekeurope.co.uk/news/government-considers-selling-gchq-security-expertise-14859 By Tom Jowitt eWEEK Europe December 2, 2010 The Government has revealed it is considering offering the security expertise of Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) for possible [...] |
Secunia Weekly Summary - Issue: 2010-48 Posted: InfoSec News: Secunia Weekly Summary - Issue: 2010-48: ======================================================================== The Secunia Weekly Advisory Summary 2010-11-25 - 2010-12-02 This week: 69 advisories [...] |
German hackers "gained access to Lady Gaga's computer" Posted: InfoSec News: German hackers "gained access to Lady Gaga's computer": http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/8176827/German-hackers-gained-access-to-Lady-Gagas-computer.html By Matthew Day Telegraph.co.uk 02 Dec 2010 Two German hackers gained access to the computers of over 50 pop stars, including Justin Timberlake and Lady Gaga, in an attempt to steal unreleased songs and issue blackmail threats over intimate photographs, prosecutors have alleged. The pair, according to German police, used nothing more than perseverance and simple invasive programmes called Trojans, which can break into private computer networks. But they are alleged to have hacked into the computers of a string of world famous stars and downloaded hundreds of documents including music, credit card details, emails and photographs. Their haul included a picture of the American singer Kesha, reportedly naked and having sex. Prosecutors said that the two had tried to blackmail the 24-year-old singer, but no money changed hands. Happy with their success, the duo allegedly bragged on internet forums about their ability to hack into the computers of A-list celebrities. But prosecutors believe their main goal was unreleased musical material, which can fetch high prices on the internet. They sold some of the music they had obtained. [...] |
Cyberespionage At A Crossroads Posted: InfoSec News: Cyberespionage At A Crossroads: http://www.darkreading.com/insider-threat/167801100/security/attacks-breaches/228500103/cyberespionage-at-a-crossroads.html By Kelly Jackson Higgins Darkreading Dec 01, 2010 It has been a milestone week in cyberespionage developments that smacked [...] |
Increased hacking poses major threat Posted: InfoSec News: Increased hacking poses major threat: http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/7218149.html By Zhang Yan China Daily December 02, 2010 There has been an 80 percent increase in the number of computer hacking cases handled by the police in China each year since 2006. The new cases [...] |
Canadian cyber-security lax, experts warn Posted: InfoSec News: Canadian cyber-security lax, experts warn: http://www.canada.com/technology/Canadian+cyber+security+experts+warn/3911521/story.html By JASON MAGDER The Gazette December 1, 2010 Experts warn the Canadian government and Canadian companies are vulnerable to data loss, on the same scale as the WikiLeaks scandal that [...] |
Feds pursue Russian, 23, behind one third of ALL WORLD SPAM Posted: InfoSec News: Feds pursue Russian, 23, behind one third of ALL WORLD SPAM: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/12/01/mega_d_botnet_suspect_named/ By John Leyden The Register 1st December 2010 FBI investigators have named a 23-year-old Russian as a prime suspect behind the operation of the infamous 500,000 Mega-D botnet, blamed for [...] |
Federal Cybersecurity Spending To Hit $13.3B By 2015 Posted: InfoSec News: Federal Cybersecurity Spending To Hit $13.3B By 2015: http://www.informationweek.com/news/government/security/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=228500061 By Elizabeth Montalbano InformationWeek December 1, 2010 Federal investment in cybersecurity will reach $13.3 billion by 2015, driven by a 445% increase in security incidents over the last four years [...] |
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