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Category Archives: Cybersecurity Memo – Insiders Edition
“Anonymous” Hacktivist Group Unmasked
A total of 16 people with ties to the “hacktivist” group “Anonymous” were arrested by the FBI on Monday. Fourteen of them were charged in connection with an attack on PayPal, which was targeted by “Anonymous” because the website suspended … Continue reading
U.S. Internet Service Providers Are Hijacking Customers’ Searches!
Several internet service providers across the United States are using an online service to secretly spy on, and redirect their subscribers’ online searches, according to a group of researchers at the International Computer Science Institute in Berkeley, California. The ISPs … Continue reading
Operation Shady RAT: five-year hack attack hit 14 countries
The governments of the United States, Canada, and South Korea, as well as the UN, the International Olympic Committee, and 12 US defense contractors were among those hacked in a five-year hacking campaign dubbed “Operation Shady RAT” by security firm … Continue reading
Pentagon unveils its cyberspace strategy
The Pentagon has released its cyberspace strategy, which recognizes cyberspace as “an operational domain to organize, train, and equip.” “It is the first DoD (Department of Defense) unified strategy for cyberspace and officially encapsulates a new way forward for DoD’s … Continue reading
The world’s first real cyber-weapon
In June of 2009, someone silently unleashed a sophisticated and destructive digital worm that began slithering its way through computers in Iran with just one aim — to sabotage the country’s uranium enrichment program and prevent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from … Continue reading
Debriefing on the different “hacktivist” groups making the news these days
The Internet has never been a safe place, and since its inception, and introduction to consumers, privacy and security have been a major concern. Of course, now that the average person’s computer skills are many times over what they used … Continue reading
Hackers capture and release personal data from former British PM Tony Blair
A hacker group has published what appears to be the address book and other private data of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair. The leak includes the names, phone numbers and addresses of numerous British politicians and personal contacts, as … Continue reading
How to pick a password that’s hard to hack
Most hacker victims use email passwords that are easy to decipher. A good password doesn’t have to be impossible to remember. Here are tips for protecting your accounts. From the Los Angeles Times: http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-techsavvy-passwords-20110626,0,3456346.story
SPECIAL REPORT: US Government takes steps to secure “the cloud”
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon is about to roll out an expanded effort to safeguard its contractors from hackers and is building a virtual firing range in cyberspace to test new technologies, according to officials familiar with the plans, as … Continue reading
Internet Service Providers Partnering With NSA On Web Security
Three U.S. Internet service providers are working with the National Security Agency to filter the Internet traffic flowing to 15 defense contractors in an effort to block hacker attacks, according to The Washington Post. The pilot program began last month … Continue reading