"In an advisory released today, Adobe said malicious hackers were exploiting a critical security hole in Flash (up to and including the latest version of Flash. The software maker warned the …
Botnets: Measurement, Detection, Disinfection and Defence
"‘Botnets: Measurement, Detection, Disinfection and Defence’ is a comprehensive report on how to assess botnet threats and how to neutralise them. It is survey and analysis of methods for measuring …
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China cyber-warfare capability a ‘formidable concern’
"China's growing capabilities in cyber-warfare and intelligence gathering have been described as a 'formidable concern' to the United States. James Clapper, the US Director of National Intelligence, …
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Iran’s paramilitary launches cyber attack
"Iranian hackers working for the powerful Revolutionary Guard's paramilitary Basij group have launched attacks on websites of the 'enemies,' a state-owned newspaper reported Monday in a rare …
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Hacking of DuPont, J&J, GE Were Google-Type Attacks That Weren’t Disclosed
"The FBI broke the news to executives at DuPont Co. late last year that hackers had cracked the company’s computer networks for the second time in 12 months, according to a confidential Dec. 9, 2010, …
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Cyber attack hit French Finance Ministry, government says
"The French finance ministry came under a large-scale cyber attack in December that targeted G20 documents, France's Budget Minister Francois Baroin told French radio on Monday. Baroin told Europe 1 …
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Cyberattack in South Korea Hits 40 Web Sites
" Forty Web sites in South Korea came under attack by a computer virus on Friday, including the presidential Blue House, the Foreign Ministry, the country’s biggest bank, the two largest search …
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WordPress blog service down: Huge DDoS attack
"The WordPress.com blogging service has been hit by an 'extremely large' distributed denial of service attack. Many high-profile blogs were crippled or just plain unavailable for large parts of …
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Morgan Stanley hit by same attackers that breached Google
"Morgan Stanley was hit by a ‘very sensitive’ breach to its network by the same attackers who penetrated computer systems maintained by Google and dozens of other companies, according to leaked emails …
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Exxon, Shell, BP outed as mystery hack attack victims
"Bloomberg News has identified six of the energy companies targeted in recent series of ‘coordinated covert and targeted cyberattacks’ and says the victims could face legal liability for choosing not …
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