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Cyber confusion. What is the airforce talking about?

If you are like me your eyes cross and you feel a ringing in your ears when you are exposed to military-speak. The acronyms are fun and server to separate insiders from outsiders, kind of a tribal thing. But is sure makes it hard to figure out what is...

Tags: Computer Network, Network, Goal, Air Force, Cyber Command, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Networking, Productivity, Spam, Security, Spam And Phishing, Richard Stiennon

Blog posts 2008-01-24

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Chinese hackers launch targeted attacks against foreign correspondents

According to an assessment published by the Information Warfare Monitor, Chinese hacktivists politically motivated hackers have recently launched a targeted malware attack against foreign news correspondents attempting to trick them into executing a malware-embedded PDF attachment (Interview list.pdf), coming from a non-existent editor working for The Straits Times. ...

Tags: China, Malware, Hacker, Attack, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-09-29

News to know: Gmail outage; VMWorld; Skype; Browsers; Steve Jobs; Google Wave

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: Partly cloudy: Google's Gmail goes down; outage chronicled on Twitter Christopher Dawson: Oh sure...4 days in...

Tags: Steve Jobs, Sony Corp., Google Inc., Google Gmail, Larry Dignan, Andrew Nusca, Skype Technologies S.A., Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Outage, Sam Diaz, E-mail Providers, Microsoft Windows, Cloud Computing, Web Browsers, Operating Systems, Internet, Software

Blog posts 2009-09-02

When Collaboration is Literally Life or Death...

For those who think collaboration technology simply breaks down rigid command and control management hierarchies, consider the origins of the term: the military. The US military have had a significant online presence with various online forums for rank and file, commanders and other...

Tags: Software-as-a-service, Network, Leader, Forum, CC, Case History, Software As A Service (SaaS), Collaboration, Groupware, Managed Hosting, Social Networking, Emerging Technologies, Enterprise Software, Software, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-08-03

Britain hires hackers for intel squad

Britain hires hackers for intel squadDOD Cyber CommandI can't wait to see the kind of job offers appearing when CYCOM stands up. All of the best guys could never get a clearance. Worst of all, if the NSA is running the show, they might need a polygraph. ...

Tags: Hacking, SECURITY, Recruitment & Selection, hacker, White Hat

Discussion threads 2009-06-25

How about textbooks by Google?

How about textbooks by Google?More nonsense from our friend "The Educator"Look, if what you say is so obvious and easy to do, why were companies like Google or ZoHo waiting to do that until the Kindle arrives? Your attitude is something like: "Hey Mom Google, I hate the Kindle, please...

Tags: E-books, DVD, Consumer electronics, textbook, Google Inc., e-book

Discussion threads 2009-05-05

General: NSA doesn't want to control cybersecurity

General: NSA doesn't want to control cybersecurityThey cant control itThe same org that needs backdoors, and vulnerabilities for spying operations, surely cant be in charge of security Americas Mainframes and Servers LOL. That would be a house divided against itself, and a conflict of interest.Also..Remember these same Govt organizations...

Tags: SECURITY, NSA, cybersecurity

Discussion threads 2009-04-23

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...

Tags: U.S., Blackout, Grid, Cyberattack, Power Grid, Hacking, Security, Viruses And Worms, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-03-22

Will military, NSA take over all cybersecurity operations?

Should responsibility for defending against cyberattacks be moved from the Dept. of Homeland Security to the military? Air Force Gen. Kevin Chilton suggested as much at a Congressional hearing where he warned of U.S. vulnerability to cyberwarfar "across the spectrum." Such attacks "potentially threaten not only...

Tags: Network, Cybersecurity, Transportation, Networking, Security, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-03-20

The deed is done: now are you better off?

The deed is done: now are you better off?Please detail these "PC security style attacks".[i]The only downside is that now you?re a little more susceptible to both external PC security style attack and internal Wintel monomania attacks - but hey, for you, neither is a big deal.[/i]IME security issues are...

Tags: SECURITY, Operating systems, Wintel, attack

Discussion threads 2009-03-05

Microsoft: 'Consistent exploit code likely' for IE vulnerabilities

Microsoft today shipped four bulletins with patches for at least 8 documented security vulnerabilities affecting Windows users and warned that "consistent exploit code could be easily crafted" to launch attacks via the Internet Explorer browser. The Patch Tuesday batch includes fixes for a pair of code execution...

Tags: Vulnerability, Microsoft Exchange Server, Server, Exploit Code, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., E-mail Servers, Groupware, Web Browsers, Security, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-02-10

The WWII German Army was 80% Horse Drawn; Business Lessons from History

The bulk of the German Armyâ€"the dough feet of the normal infantry divisionsâ€"moved on shank's mare. The rifle companies' transport consisted of three-horse wagons, on which the troops loaded their packs, as did this outfit on campaign in Russia in the summer of 1941. Lone Sentry.com ...

Tags: Weapon, Machine, Collaboration, Groupware, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2008-12-06

News to know: Windows 7; Google; iPhone; Storm; iLife patch

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Windows 7 - The "Blue Badge" experience. Gallery right Michael Krigsman: Sixteen IT failures to remember Garett Rogers: Google makes the blogosphere...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, Apple iLife, Jason O'Grady, RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Windows, Handhelds, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-11

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...

Tags: Routers & switches, Manufacturing, Backdoored Routers, Melamine, router

Discussion threads 2008-10-14

Atrivo/Intercage's disconnection briefly disrupts spam levels

After years of operation, California based ISP Atrivo/Intercage, a well known Russian Business Network darling, faced the music and was disconnected from the Internet by its upstream provider at the end of September. What happened according to MessageLabs's latest intelligence report, was a brief decline of spam due to the...

Tags: Internet Service Provider, Atrivo/Intercage, Intercage, Atrivo, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Cyberthreats, Security, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-10-07

Targeted malware attack against U.S schools intercepted

Timing is everything, and from a cybercriminal's perspective, a new school year means segmenting their email databases to launch a targeted attack welcoming everyone back online. According to MessageLabs Intelligence : "Starting in early September, MessageLabs intercepted a targeted, email-borne malware attack on US schools and government organizations, a...

Tags: Malware, Social Engineering, Attack, E-mail, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Security, Viruses And Worms, Online Communications, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-09-17

Georgia conflict may mean the birth of modern cyber-warfare

Georgia conflict may mean the birth of modern cyber-warfareTaiwanI think an impetus for Red Flag Linux wqas the inability of Beijing to secure Windows against Taiwan, but my memory might be faulty.Cyberwar? You must be kiddind...I thought that word "war" is applicable for some serious events that have catastrophic consequences...

Tags: Government, Vertical industries, PRODUCTIVITY, SECURITY, Hacking, Saakashvili

Discussion threads 2008-08-12

Coordinated Russia vs Georgia cyber attack in progress

In the wake of the Russian-Georgian conflict, a week worth of speculations around Russian Internet forums have finally materialized into a coordinated cyber attack against Georgia's Internet infrastructure. The attacks have already managed to compromise several government web sites, with continuing DDoS attacks against numerous other Georgian government sites, prompting...

Tags: Web, Russia, Web Site, Site, Cyberattack, Distributed Denial Of Service, Georgia, Attack, Alania TV, RIA Novosti, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Security, Internet, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-08-11

Georgia President's web site under DDoS attack from Russian hackers

From Russia with political love? It appears so according to a deeper analysis of the command and control servers used by the attackers. During the weekend, Georgia President's web site was under a distributed denial of service attack which managed to take it offline for a couple of hours. The...

Tags: Web, Russia, Server, Web Site, Hacker, Distributed Denial Of Service, Georgia, Attack, Russian, Shadowserver, C&C, C&C Server, Web Site Development, Security, Internet, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-07-22

Ringleader of cybercrime group to be offered a job as cybercrime fighter

Owen Thor Walker, a 18 years old ringleader of an international cybercrime group, known as AKILL, part of the A-Team, a group of 8 script kiddies which were all caught in a operation called "Operation Bot Roast II" bust executed by the FBI and several international law enforcement agencies in...

Tags: Job, Malware, Bot, Malware Bot, PRIVMSG, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-07-16