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Neustar’s Rodney Joffe: All it Takes is One Person to Cause Internet Disaster
Published on 24 Oct, 2011 at 12:47 in Cyber | Viewed 75 times | No Comments
The Internet allows any one person to launch potentially catastrophic malware, according to Rodney Joffe, head of security at Neustar Inc.
“In the real world, you have to have access to plutonium or fleets of fighter jets to wreak widespread havoc,” Joffe said to the Los Angeles Times. “Because of the Internet, any one…
Rodney Joffe: In 2011, Look Out for Web Traffic Hijacking
Published on 20 Dec, 2010 at 9:52 in GovCon Industry | Viewed 164 times | 2 Comments
Businesses should brace themselves for Internet traffic hijacking and sophisticated attacks on computerized control systems in 2011, according to a cybersecurity expert.
In an interview with ComputerWeekly, Rodney Joffe, senior vice president and senior technologist at Neustar, said those two trends are indicated by the discovery of Stuxnet and China’s…
Are You Part of the Botnet Army?
Published on 15 Jun, 2010 at 8:40 in GovCon Industry | Viewed 478 times | No Comments
As malware becomes more prevalent, the number of infected computers continues to grow, some of which are becoming part of large-scale botnets. So what can you do to protect yourself from joining the “botnet Army?”
A botnet is a string of computers that are each infected with malware. The infected computers are linked back to a command and…
