An assault against a computer system or network. See information warfare.
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- 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
- News to know: Cisco's next-gen switch; Windows 7; Facebook; KDE
- Notable headlines: Dan Farber: Cisco delivers next-generation switch--Nexus 7000 George Ou: Mac Pro is now the cheapest high-end workstation Mary Jo Foley: Windows 7: The Anti-Vista? Microsoft delays SQL Server 2008 RTM to third quarter Michael Krigsman: UK defense ministry loses...
- Blog posts 2008-01-28
- NSA coordinates cyberattack response
- The Washington Post reports: President Bush signed a directive this month that expands the intelligence community's role in monitoring Internet traffic to protect against a rising number of attacks on federal agencies' computer systems. The directive, whose content is classified, authorizes the...
- Blog posts 2008-01-27
- News to know: Apple as economic barometer; 100 GB memory chip; IE 8; Amazon DevPay
- Notable headlines: Robin Harris: 100 GB memory chip coming in 2009 Larry Dignan: Apple's first quarter shines, but the outlook crushes stock; Is the beating warranted? David Morgenstern: Is Apple a barometer of the consumer economy? Janice Chen: The best cameras...
- Blog posts 2008-01-23
- CIA: Cyberattack caused multiple-city blackout
- CIA: Cyberattack caused multiple-city blackoutlet me be the first to say......ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US!And many don't think it is a real problem!It is like 9/11. Until it happens in the U.S. the reality will continue to be ignored, or dismissed as unlikely.SHENANIGANS!What great timing for "hackers"...
- Discussion threads 2008-01-22
- Is open source more secure?
- Is open source more secure?While I have my opinion...as to open source v. proprietary, I think the biggest security issues of either are poor IT management.Vote early, vote oftenThe poll results are currently showing 80% open source and 40% proprietary.Neat trick, eh?Security Through Obscurity ...Open source can't use "security through...
- Discussion threads 2007-10-02
- In wake of Estonia, UK worries about cyberattacks
- As more of Britain's essential governmental infrastructure resides on the Internet, there is a growing concern that it will come under cyber-attack by computer hackers, reports the BBC.Foreign intelligence agencies are already penetrating government sites. The largest and most disruptive thus far being the cyberattack on Estonia -- when banks,...
- Blog posts 2007-07-12
- US focusing on Estonia cyberattack in upcoming wargames
- US focusing on Estonia cyberattack in upcoming wargamesyah, but that was before April 28, 2007Now the cyber warriors have the atomic bomb of information technology.
- Discussion threads 2007-07-09
- US focusing on Estonia cyberattack in upcoming wargames
- It seems the US government is taking the cyberattacks on Estonia quite seriously. Earlier this week, US-CERT sent experts to Estonia to learn more about the attacks. At the same time, the Defense Department has been getting ready for cyber wargames, Ars Technica reports.The government is setting up...
- Blog posts 2007-07-06
- US-CERT heads to Estonia to help, learn about cyberattack
- US-CERT Computer Emergency Response Team is headed to Estonia to do a little forensics on the well-reported cyberattack that took out much of the small country's infrastructure, InfoWorld reports.Gregory Garcia, assistant secretary for cyber security and telecommunications with DHS, said: "We are sending someone from our organization ... to help...
- Blog posts 2007-07-03
- News to know: Milan video, gallery; ColdFusion; Apple's flaw count
- Notable headlines:Ryan Stewart: New version of ColdFusion aimed at .NET, Ajax crowd.Ryan Naraine: Apple flaw count for 2007: 111 and counting. Larry Dignan: The hype cycle behind Steve and Bill's dueling banjo show. How the 'Milan' table PC was born. Microsoft hopes 'Milan' table PC has magic touch. Video: Microsoft unveils touch...
- Blog posts 2007-05-30
- Estonia reeling from massive cyberattack from Russia
- Estonia reeling from massive cyberattack from RussiaJust goes to showThat any country with sufficient resources can disable another. Nothing new in that. That the Russians did it first doesn't make the rest of the world any holier. More particularly, with DNS root-servers all in *one* country, the entire world is...
- Discussion threads 2007-05-21
- Estonia reeling from massive cyberattack from Russia
- It's no surprise that US and UK computers are the target of numerous cyberattacks. But Estonia? Who would have figured? Yet, The Washington Post reports, the heavily wired Baltic country "has been subject in recent weeks to massive and coordinated cyber attacks on Web sites of the government, banks, telecommunications...
- Blog posts 2007-05-18
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