Black Hawk Closed Down: China Closes Down Hacker School

Police in the Hubei Province, China, have closed down a hacker training center and arrested three individuals, according to XinhuaNet.

The three individuals, who ran the Black Hawk Safety Net, are accused of providing hacker tools, which was recently made illegal in China’s criminal code.

The Black Hawk Safety Net has recruited more than 12,000 VIP members, collecting around 7 million yuan in fees for membership. An additional 170,000…

US Faces Serious Threats in Cyberspace says John Brennan

President Obama’s top counter terrorism adviser, John Brennan, recently said on NBC’s Meet the Press, that the US faces serious threats in cyberspace. “The threats and the vulnerabilities within the cyber domain are serious and significant,” he said.

Brennan did not name a specific country (or countries) as being responsible for the threat. President Obama has…

Anti-Virus Scanners May Not Be Enough

A central tenet of  good cyber hygiene is to ensure that you are running up-to-date anti-virus software on your computer. It appears that even that may not be enough: A recent study conducted by SurfRight has found  around a third of users with up-to-date anti-virus software are infected with malware.

To conduct the study, SurfRight used its HitmanPro 3 behavioral scan to scan more than 100,000 computers for malware. Approximately…

Nigeria Looks to Dissuade Cyber Crime through Song

Nigeria is home to some of the most prolific levels of cyber crime. In an effort to dissuade Nigerians from engaging in cyber crime, the Nigerian government, in partnership with Microsoft, has released a song and video titled “Maga Need No Pay.”

The video references a number of slang terms used in Nigeria. Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has…

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Security Agencies Seek to Read Criminals’ Poker Face

Money laundering is an art used by arms dealers, drug dealers and other criminals. It takes “dirty money” (obtained through illegal means) and “cleans” it, making it appear to be legitimately earned. In the past, coin-operated businesses (like laundromats) were used. Now criminals have moved into cyberspace, using online gambling websites.

Security agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Serious Organized Crime Agency are investigating more than 20…

Learn to Hack on the Government’s Dime

Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed HR 4061, the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act, which is the first major cybersecurity legislation to pass the House within the past year. The bill provides increased guidance for the role of NIST and NSF, looks to promote education and awareness efforts, coordinate R&D in the cyber realm and seeks to build…

ShockWave to Hit Washington

The Bipartisan Policy Center announced yesterday it will host a simulated cyber attack on the United States.

The simulated attack, called Cyber ShockWave, will be held Feb. 16 and will examine how the government would work to respond to a cyber attack.

Former CIA Director General Michael Hayden and the BPC’s National…

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House Passes Cybersecurity Bill

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the first cybersecurity bill, 422 to 5.

The bill, HR 4061, known as the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act, will now be sent to the Senate for approval.

Rep. Dan Lipinski (D, IL), the sponsor of the bill, said:

“The amount of time all of us spend on the Internet, the vulnerabilities that are out there,…