Highlights - Incidents of cyber espionage currently outnumber incidents of cyber attacks on critical infrastructure - Cyber espionage is extremely dangerous because an adversary can steal state …
China’s Peoples Cyber Army
Highlights - Recent attacks against various non-governmental organizations are traced to servers in China - Attack patterns mirror previous attacks attributed to Chinese hackers - While it is …
Chinese Hacking Exploits
Highlights - China has been accused of masterminding multiple cyber espionage attacks - Such attacks appear to be executed by hacking groups sponsored by the government - State control of skilled …
Spamming the Electorate
Highlights - Spam is being used to promote 2008 Presidential Candidates - Various forms of hacking can be used to manipulate voters and influence elections - Various attacks will take place …
Chinese Cyber Espionage: New Target, Same Tactics
A recent report in Der Spiegel, a prominent German weekly newsmagazine, detailed a sustained campaign of Chinese cyber espionage against the German government. According to the report, German …
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Sharing data is crucial to cyberdefense
Each agency within the Defense Department has frontline responsibility for securing its own IT systems, but the job doesn’t end there. The same malware or social engineering techniques used to dig …
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Criminal malware surges as virus threat fades
Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at security solutions vendor Sophos, recently stated cyber criminals "are obviously making money from their code, otherwise they would give up the game." …
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Networking sites could help hackers
Professional networking sites are unwittingly providing hackers with the possible means to carry out sophisticated social engineering scams, a UK security consultancy warns. SecureTest was able to …
Zombie builders send out phone texts
Hackers are trying to lure people to a malicious Web site using cell phone text messages, a security company has warned. The blended attack uses social engineering techniques in its attempt to trick …
DOE Hides Hacker Hit
The recently reported cyber security breach at the Department of Energy?s (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is another example of a disturbing trend of cyber attacks against …