The Global Cyber War from MentalWardPublishing.com presented free by McGuinnessPublishing.com
One of the trickiest problems in cyber security is trying to figure who’s really behind an attack. Darpa, the Pentagon agency that created the Internet, is trying to fix that, with a new effort to develop the “cyber equivalent of fingerprints or DNA” that can identify even the best-cloaked hackers.
The recent malware hit on Google [...] Read more »
IT security and control firm Sophos is again calling on Twitter to enforce the use of strong passwords by its members following reports that another celebrity account has been hacked. This time the victim is Hannah Montana star Miley Cyrus, daughter of ‘Achy breaky heart’ legend Billy Ray Cyrus.
Last year Cyrus was the subject of [...] Read more »
Whether it’s Chinese hackers breaking into the Gmail accounts of leading dissidents, or Russian hackers sniffing around the Pentagon, the cyber wars are heating up. Barack Obama entered office vowing to wage them more effectively than ever before.
“From now on, our digital infrastructure — the networks and computers we depend on every day — will [...] Read more »
Google and the Chinese government are once again discussing the fate of the search giant’s presence in that country, according to a report.
The Wall Street Journal reported recently that talks have resumed after a pause for the Chinese New Year. It’s been about six weeks since Google forced a showdown with the government by declaring [...] Read more »
US investigators are hot on the trail of an enigmatic Chinese hacker who allegedly developed the “critical” programming code used to attack Google and other western companies.
According to the Financial Times, positive identification of the accused hacker would make it “far harder” for the Chinese government to deny its involvement in the recent cyber offensive.
“A [...] Read more »
When I am asked the question “Which is more secure, Mac or PC?” I find myself stumbling around for a response because I don’t have a clear-cut answer. I use both. And I use antivirus software with both.
So I decided to conduct an informal survey of a bunch of security experts and see what they [...] Read more »
Cyber security is expected to be high on the agenda when Defence Minister John Faulkner meets with a visiting Pentagon official.
US Deputy Secretary of Defence William Lynn has said the US and Australia need to share their technological expertise.
“There’s really no sovereignty on the internet so international collaboration between two allies as close as the [...] Read more »
In Washington, “cybersecurity” is a term that’s come to have a thousand meanings, and none at all. Any crime, prank, intelligence operation, or foreign-government attack involving a computer has become a “cyber threat.” But at the Pentagon, they aren’t worried about some kid painting a Hitler moustache on Defense Secretary Robert Gates’ online portrait. They’re [...] Read more »
China has closed down what is believed to be the country’s biggest training website for hackers, state media has reported.
They say the site, Black Hawk Safety Net, gave lessons in hacking and sold downloads of malicious software.
The reports say three people suspected of running the site were arrested.
Hacking is a sensitive topic for China, especially [...] Read more »
A massive cyberattack took place against the US.
Organised by the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC), the aim of the Cyber ShockWave exercise was to examine how the government could develop a real-time reponse to a large-scale cyber crisis.
The problem started with a downloadable application that infected smartphones. But it then spread to infect PCs, sending massive [...] Read more »
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