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CitiBank Denies Losing Millions To Russian Hackers

November 13, 2010 Added by:Headlines

Reports from several news organizations suggest the infamous Russian Business Network is behind the heist, and that the FBI has begun investigating the theft, though officials at CitiGroup have denied the events ever took place...

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China Hijacked Fifteen Percent of Internet Traffic

November 12, 2010 Added by:Headlines

Imagine the capability and capacity that is built into their networks. I’m not sure there was anyone else in the world who could have taken on that much traffic without breaking a sweat - Dmitri Alperovitch, McAfee's vice president of threat research stated...

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UK Minister Advocates Cyber Offensive Capabilities

November 12, 2010 Added by:Headlines

Experts have been debating many aspects surrounding the concept of cyber warfare, but most agree that the the ubiquitous nature of information technology creates an atmosphere where both offensive and defensive methods will likely be factors in international conflicts...

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Over One Million Hit By Mobile Phone Malware

November 12, 2010 Added by:Headlines

This type of attack is particularly insidious, as victims are under the impression the messages are from trusted contacts, and many are unaware of the infection until they notice the dramatic increase in their usage charges...

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Report: Malicious Websites Increased More Than 110%

November 12, 2010 Added by:Headlines

When surfers are cruising the web for breaking news over their morning coffee, they now have a 22% chance of running into a website containing viruses and malware, an even greater chance than if they were searching online porn sites...

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DDoS Attacks Land Hacker In Jail

November 11, 2010 Added by:Headlines

An Ohio student was sentenced to prison after being convicted for Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks against right-wing websites, including sites administered by Rudy Giuliani, Ann Coulter and Bill O'Reilly...

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FCC Slow to Respond to Google WiFi Snooping

November 11, 2010 Added by:Headlines

The discovery that volumes of data were so readily available should be a wake up call to businesses and individuals who leave their WiFi systems unsecured, and should also prove to demonstrate the government's willingness to probe such violations of privacy...

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A Whopping Ten Percent of UK Victims of Online Fraud

November 11, 2010 Added by:Headlines

The revelation that the number of victims is so substantial should compel online retailers and services to redouble efforts to eliminate vulnerabilities such as cross-sight scripting (XSS), and should increase the prevalence of security measures like utilizing SSL enabled websites...

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Hacker Pwns U of W Classroom Projectors

November 11, 2010 Added by:Headlines

The incident is characteristic of a long line of prestige attacks in which hackers perform some level of disruption in order to gain notoriety and satisfy their own egos, but the authorities and university administration are taking the incident seriously...

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