Body of murdered cyberwar expert found in landfill

Body of murdered cyberwar expert found in landfill

Body of murdered cyberwar expert found in landfill

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InfoSec News: Body of murdered cyberwar expert found in landfill: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/01/05/cyberwar_expert_homicide/
By Dan Goodin in San Francisco The Register 5th January 2011
The body of a decorated US Army officer was found dumped in a Delaware landfill on New Years Eve day, a few days after he expressed concern [...]

Dubai Assassination Followed Failed Attempt by Same Team

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InfoSec News: Dubai Assassination Followed Failed Attempt by Same Team: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/01/dubai-assassination/
By Kim Zetter Threat Level Wired.com January 4, 2011
The successful assassination of a high-ranking member of Hamas early last year in Dubai followed an unsuccessful attempt by the same hit team [...]

What it's like to make the wrong job switch

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InfoSec News: What it's like to make the wrong job switch: http://www.csoonline.com/article/651482/what-it-s-like-to-make-the-wrong-job-switch
By Bill Brenner Senior Editor CSO January 05, 2011
Some of you know the drill: You've been in the same job a long time and you start to feel bored, frustrated, complacent, or maybe a mix of those things. [...]

Alleged Miley Cyrus hacker arrested

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InfoSec News: Alleged Miley Cyrus hacker arrested: http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/010511-alleged-miley-cyrus-hacker.html
By Robert McMillan IDG News Service January 05, 2011
The 21-year-old hacker who boasted about breaking into Miley Cyrus' Gmail account and posting racy photographs of the teenage star has been [...]

Sourcefire Buys Cloud Security Firm

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InfoSec News: Sourcefire Buys Cloud Security Firm: http://www.darkreading.com/security-services/167801101/security/antivirus/229000168/sourcefire-buys-cloud-security-firm.html
By Kelly Jackson Higgins Darkreading Jan 05, 2011
IPS maker Sourcefire today made its first official move to the cloud with the $21 million acquisition of cloud-based anti-malware startup Immunet.
The publicly held Sourcefire says the deal not only expands its real-time detection to the cloud, but also adds to its portfolio endpoint protection from advanced persistent threats and other forms of client-side attacks. "IPS captures [these attacks] once they are there, so combining the two technologies felt like a natural fit," says Greg Fitzgerald, senior vice president of marketing at Sourcefire.
It has been a big week for acquisitions in security. Sourcefire's purchase of Immunet follows Dell's Tuesday purchase of managed security services provider SecureWorks. "One reason this acquisition is interesting is that it is another strong sign of the acceleration in security market consolidation. There have been two acquisitions this week alone, and I'm sure we can expect more acquisition and merger announcements as [the] RSA [Conference] approaches," says Andrew Storms, director of security operations at nCircle.
Immunet, which has 750,000 users worldwide, launched two years ago with a new model of inoculating an entire community of users when one member is infected with a new piece of malware. The cloud-based approach since has been catching on even among some traditional AV firms given the heavy footprint of desktop AV and the infections missed by some of these products.
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