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Sex, Gifts and Spies- The Chinese Intelligence Game
Written on 2 Feb, 2010 at 15:57 in Cyber Incidents | viewed 636 views times | 1 Comment
The Chinese are actively conducting espionage against corporate targets in the United Kingdom, according to Britain’s domestic intelligence service, The Security Service or MI5. The agency circulated a ‘restricted’ warning to UK business people warning that the Chinese are seeking... (Continue reading)
‘Our nation’s vital IT systems are so vulnerable they invite attack’ says Gen Habiger
Written on 2 Feb, 2010 at 13:28 in Cyber Policy | viewed 160 views times | 1 Comment
The Cyber Secure Institute has published a white paper authored by Gen. Eugene Habiger (USAF ret.) titled “Cyberwar and Cyberterrorism: The Need for a New U.S. Strategic Approach.” The paper highlights a number... (Continue reading)
Hackers Sell Twitter Accounts for Up to $1,000
Written on 1 Feb, 2010 at 14:44 in Cyber Incidents | viewed 792 views times | 1 Comment
For the right price, you can now buy a Twitter account user name and password. Researchers at Kaspersky Labs claim that hackers are attempting to sell compromised Twitter accounts for up to $1,000. While cyber criminals have developed software to steal... (Continue reading)
‘In today’s age you are a cyber warrior’ says Navy CIO Robert Carey
Written on 1 Feb, 2010 at 13:26 in Cyber Policy | viewed 286 views times | 0 Comments
Robert Carey is a trailblazer among CIO’s, pioneering the use of a public blog to include the public in his discussions surrounding cyber security for the Navy. ExecutiveGov recently interviewed Robert Carey on his use of Web 2.0 technologies and... (Continue reading)
Bank Sues Victim over Cyber Theft
Written on 29 Jan, 2010 at 13:27 in Cyber Incidents | viewed 322 views times | 0 Comments
PlainsCapital Bank in Texas is suing Hillary Machinery Inc after the customer was hit by a cyber theft of $800,000. Late last year, hackers in Italy and Romania conducted a series of unauthorized wire money transfers of around $800,000, of... (Continue reading)
Scientology Nets Another Cyber Attacker
Written on 28 Jan, 2010 at 12:01 in Cyber Incidents | viewed 443 views times | 1 Comment
Brian Thomas Mettenbrink has signed a plea admitting that he took part in the distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack against the Church of Scientology website last year. Mettenbrink stated that he downloaded the necessary software from a message board... (Continue reading)
Oil Industry Subjected to Cyber Attacks
Written on 27 Jan, 2010 at 14:13 in Cyber Incidents | viewed 274 views times | 0 Comments
The oil industry experienced previously undisclosed Aurora-style cyber attacks in 2008 according to an article on the Christian Science Monitor website. Three US-based oil companies, Marathon Oil, ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips were informed by the FBI in early 2009 of the... (Continue reading)
Chinese Human Rights Websites Hit in DDoS Attack
Written on 26 Jan, 2010 at 12:49 in Cyber Incidents | viewed 208 views times | 0 Comments
The websites run by human rights activists in China were hit in a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack over the weekend, according to a report on ComputerWorld.com. The Chinese Human Rights Defenders were targeted in a DDoS attack which... (Continue reading)
Only 5% of Email is Not Spam Says Research Group
Written on 25 Jan, 2010 at 13:17 in Cyber Incidents | viewed 141 views times | 0 Comments
The European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA), a European cyber security agency, has released a report that claims 95 percent of email is spam. ENISA surveyed ESPs from 27 European countries and found that less than 5 percent of... (Continue reading)
China Claims to be Biggest Victim of Cyber Attacks
Written on 21 Jan, 2010 at 13:08 in Cyber Incidents | viewed 170 views times | 0 Comments
The past few weeks have seen a number of large scale cyber attacks, including attacks emanating from China which targeted Internet search giant Google. China has now entered the fray, not only deflecting charges that the Chinese hacked government offices... (Continue reading)
