The FBI has announced that they have put in place an initiative to uncover and investigate web-based intrusion attacks using a crew of specially trained computer scientists who are able to extract hackers’ digital signatures from the mountains of malicious code they have released on the world. The Next Generation Cyber Initiative’s key aim is…
Category: Computers & Programming
Baffling Barnes and Noble credit card breach – hacked POS devices discovered in stores across United States [UPDATE]
It’s strange enough that Barnes and Noble did not notify customers about the data breach that leaked the customers’ credit card numbers; but the hack itself appears to be an insider job or a coordinated remote or wireless attack against Barnes and Noble credit card pin devices in stores across the United States. 63 stores…
NSA’s top secret spy center in Utah, world’s largest and most technologically advanced, is less than one year from completion
Photo by Unknown via Wired Magazine The heavily fortified, 925,000 square foot Utah Data Center (UDC), also known as the Community Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative Data Center, is being constructed on the grounds of Camp Williams in Bluffdale, Utah at a cost of $2 billion, by the National Security Agency (NSA). According to the NSA,…
GitHub hit with second DDoS attack in two days – site hobbled but not down for the count (yet)
Is the US election system a prime target for a 2012 hack attack?
According to security experts, the electronic voting process is ripe for attack in 2012. Nation-state attacks have increased, voter databases are increasingly interconnected, and electronic voting systems are plagued with vulnerabilities creating a situation where the 2012 election process is a prime target for a hacker attack.
CCI reveals more details for “six strikes” copyright alert system that is about to roll out
The Center for Copyright Information has revealed more details in a blog post today about its “six strikes” system, which it calls the Copyright Alert System (CAS). They noted that the process will use a system run by MarkMonitor to identify infringing activity and that the mitigation stages (strikes five and six) will be administered…
Yes, there are at least five ways Windows 8 beats Apple’s iOS
Russian antivirus vendor, Kaspersky Labs, confirms development of ultra-secure industrial control system OS
Russian antivirus vendor, Kaspersky Labs, has announced their intent to develop a secure operating system for industrial control systems (ICS), which have been recent targets of hackers and nation-state sponsored cyberattacks. They note that recent attacks against hardware control systems for utilities and industrial equipment has increased during the past decade and as such, they…
Researchers report that zero-day exploits remain unknown and secret for an average of 10 months
China complains that cyberattacks on its systems are increasing and that they are coming from US
China’s National Computer Network Emergency Response Tactical Team officials told Forbes that about 7.8 million Chinese computers were affected in 27,900 IP attacks. They claimed that the majority of the attacks originated in the United States (24%) followed by Japan (17.2%) and South Korea (11.4%).








