An assault against a computer system or network. See information warfare.
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- Countries engaging in Cyber Cold War
- Major countries and nation-states are engaged in a "Cyber Cold War", amassing "cyber weapons", conducting espionage and testing networks in preparation for using the internet to conduct war, reports McAfee. Major countries and nation-states are engaged in a "Cyber Cold War", amassing "cyber weapons", conducting espionage and testing networks...
- News items 2009-11-17
- News to know: Apple; AT&T; Google Books; Palm Pixi; Verizon; Best Buy-Microsoft
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Live blog from Apple's "It's only Rock n Roll" event Apple afterthoughts: The real news is what...
- Blog posts 2009-09-10
- Russia cooperated with hackers in Georgian cyberattack
- Expected10/10. Not sure why we treat Russia as civilized, except they have nukes.Because they also have oil, ...gas, caviar, titanium, etc, etc. If it wasn't for oil we wouldn't give a hoot about Iraq or Iran. Look at how we ignore Somalia!RE: Russia cooperated with hackers in Georgian...
- Discussion threads 2009-08-18
- News to know: MySpace-iLike; Gmail; Twitter; Sony Ericsson; Secure smartphones
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Andrew Nusca: MySpace to acquire social music service iLike for $20 million Matthew Miller: Push Gmail comes to the...
- Blog posts 2009-08-18
- Russia cooperated with hackers in Georgian cyberattack
- A report from the nonprofit US Cyber Consequences Unit confirms what only made sense about last year's cyber attack on Georgia. It was carried about by independent groups with a special relationship to the Russian government. As InfoWeek relates, the report concludes: "Many of the cyber attacks...
- Blog posts 2009-08-17
- DoD Gates: We're always under cyberattack
- DoD Gates: We're always under cyberattackThis "private initiative" BS has gone too far!DoD contracts need security teeth in them tied to a cybernoose around the corporate CEO's necks. National security is too important to compromise.My God! We pay enough already so an isolated and secure network is not...
- Discussion threads 2009-04-22
- News to know: Microsoft; Facebook; Acer; WiFi health scare
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Jury orders Microsoft to pay $388 million over anti-piracy patent Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft delivers SQL Server 2008 SP1 Adrian...
- Blog posts 2009-04-09
- Pentagon bill for cyberattack cleanup? $100 million
- Pentagon bill for cyberattack cleanup? $100 millionWhere is the outrage?Oh, nevermind.We know Windows is not secure.Hmm, I wonder if the Pentagon replaced every Windows machine with Macs where the software to do the task was available if they would have saved that 100 million?I'd rather they spend a few million...
- Discussion threads 2009-04-08
- Smart Grid vulnerable to cyberattack
- Smart Grid vulnerable to cyberattackSystems - The Bigger They Come, the Harder They FallRun to the library and read the last chapter of the book "I.T. WARS: Managing the Business-Technology Weave in the New Millennium." That chapter is called "What's At Stake", and is a treatment of huge...
- Discussion threads 2009-03-23
- Smart Grid vulnerable to cyberattack
- OK, next multibillion dollar opportunity for security consultants coming right up! The Smart Grid, a sort of energy-carrying Internet that will feature automated meters, two-way communication and advanced sensors according to CNN, is ripe for the same kind of cyberattacks that Net users have become so...
- Blog posts 2009-03-22
- Russia engaged in cyber war with neighboring countries
- This January marked "the third successful cyberattack against a country" -- when suspected Russian attackers distributed a denial of service attack that overwhelmed three of the four Internet service providers in Kyrgystan, disrupting Internet access, reports DefenseTech. The culprit? The IP traffic was traced back to Russian-based...
- Blog posts 2009-02-02
- Kyrgyzstan under cyberattack
- Kyrgyzstan under cyberattackMe thinks russia thinks they are too small and need more terrirtoryThey are reclaiming what was theirs. I cant say that i wouldnt if i had the chance. They have the money now, so why not. I dont agree with it, these are soverign countries though.Now...
- Discussion threads 2009-01-29
- Newsweek: Obama, McCain campaigns hacked by 'foreign entity'
- Newsweek is reporting that the computer systems of the campaigns of both Barack Obama and John McCain were compromised in a "sophisticated cyberattack" by an unknown "foreign entity." At Obama headquarters, what was originally believed to be a virus planted in a phishing attack turned out to...
- Blog posts 2008-11-05
- Lead, Melamine, and Backdoored Routers
- Lead, Melamine, and Backdoored RoutersBackdoored Routers - A Good IdeaWhat's the problem with backdoored routers? It's a good handy way to make sure that you are not stealing Intellectual Property. If the Chinese government, RIAA, etc. watches every move you make, then probably your moves will all be...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-14
- News to know: Cyber attacks; Google; Windows security; Gmail outage
- Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Georgia turns to Google's Blogger amid Russia onslaught Dancho Danchev: Coordinated Russia vs Georgia cyber attack in progress ZDNet UK: Georgia accuses Russia of co-ordinated cyberattack Video: Defcon: Where feds and hackers rub elbows News.com: Defcon ends...
- Blog posts 2008-08-12
- Georgia turns to Google's Blogger amid Russia onslaught
- What do you do when your country is under attack by Russia and your government's Web sites pummeled by an alleged cyber attack? If you're Georgia you turn to Google, specifically Blogger. To get its message out, the government of Georgia is posting updates to Blogger and...
- Blog posts 2008-08-11
- 300 Lithuanian sites hacked by Russian hackers
- A recently accepted legislation in Lithuania banning communist symbols across Lithuania, has prompted Pro-Russian hackers to start defacing Lithuanian sites, an indication of the upcoming attack was detected last week with active discussions around Russian forums greatly reminding us of the Russia vs Estonia cyberattack sparkled due to the removal...
- Blog posts 2008-07-02
- Air Force seeks part-time cyberwarriors
- Air Force Cyber Command is looking to Silicon Valley for part-time help in its fight against cyberattack, the Christian Science Monitor reports. For example, the 262nd Information Warfare Aggressor Squadron, an Air National Guard unit in Washington State, has tapped into...
- Blog posts 2008-06-05
- White House taps Wiki entrepreneur to fight cyberattacks
- Silicon Valley entrepreneur Rod A. Beckstrom has been tapped to join the Bush Administration to help secure federal networks against attack, the Post reported today. Beckstrom most recently founded Twiki.net, an enterprise Wiki support company, and previously created CATS Software and Mergent Systems. He's also coauthor of a...
- Blog posts 2008-03-20
- NSA coordinates cyberattack response
- NSA coordinates cyberattack responseThe NSA bungled the intel on Iraq...and historically have been a lot less than accurate. What makes anyone think they will do a better job trying to police the entire internet?Set aside their incompetence, and you still have a worldwide spying organization with no regard for...
- Discussion threads 2008-01-28
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