The White House should take direct control of US cybersecurity, the woman tipped to be President Obama's net security Czar has said.
Melissa Hathaway told a conference in San Francisco that the net had not been built with safety in mind.
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Researchers recently concluded the average number of unique new infected sites grew from 100,000-200,000 a day to 200,000-300,000 a day and this trend is expected to continue for the foreseeable future. In addition, the world recently witnessed the third cyber attack against a country (Kyrgyzstan).
Showing posts with label hacking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hacking. Show all posts
Saturday, April 25, 2009
US ramps up cybersecurity focus
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
PIN Crackers Nab Holy Grail of Bank Card Security
Hackers have crossed into new frontiers by devising sophisticated ways to steal large amounts of personal identification numbers, or PINs, protecting credit and debit cards, says an investigator. The attacks involve both unencrypted PINs and encrypted PINs that attackers have found a way to crack,...
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Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Typing "Prompt Commands" Sufficient to Seize Your Property
You need to take the time to read the warrant available via PDF. Insanity. Someone's computer crashes and suspects it's a CS student's fault because he does things like "'jail breaks' cell phones" and he is sometimes seen with a "[computer with] a black screen with white font which he uses prompt commands on." Yikes.
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