"The agency's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) said that creative criminals will be using scams called 'smishing' or 'vishing' to steal people's personal information, such as bank account …
Iran admits cyber attack on nuclear plants
"Iran admitted Monday that its controversial uranium enrichment centrifuges had been affected by a malicious computer virus, as reported by Western diplomats last week. Hours earlier, car bombs …
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Cables Uncloak U.S. Diplomacy
"A global computer hacking effort: China’s Politburo directed the intrusion into Google’s computer systems in that country, a Chinese contact told the American Embassy in Beijing in January, one cable …
Stuxnet Worm: Virus Targeted At Iran’s Nuclear Plant Is In Hands Of ‘Bad Guys’
"Senior cyber-security figures have said the Stuxnet worm - the first to have been used to damage targets in the real world - could be used to attack any physical target which relies on …
Homeland Security Is Seizing Internet Domains Left And Right
"The Department of Homeland Security's ICE has launched a major crackdown on websites enabling copyright infringement or selling counterfeits of trademarked goods. In just the past few days ICE has …
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Threat of cyber attack presents ‘huge’ threat, Gates says
"Leaders are taking steps to bring defense industrial and domestic partners under an umbrella of protection from cyber attacks, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates Nov. 17. ‘There is a huge future …
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U.S. sees huge cyber threat in the future
"The United States faces a major threat in the future from cyber technologies that will require civil-military coordination to shield networks from attack, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on …
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Congresswoman says chance of cyber attack against electric grid is 100%
"Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-NY) delivered the evening keynote during the SC Congress in mid-town Manhattan yesterday, as the member of the House Committee on Homeland Security told the audience that the US …
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Clues Suggest Stuxnet Virus Was Built for Subtle Nuclear Sabotage
"New and important evidence found in the sophisticated ‘Stuxnet’ malware targeting industrial control systems provides strong hints that the code was designed to sabotage nuclear plants, and that it …
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Cell Phone Virus Affects More than a Million in China
"A cell phone virus has spread throughout China, affecting more than a million users, according to Chinese media this week. Cell phone virus-infected users unknowingly sent out randomized spam …
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