Tag: hackers
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defcon 1/28: real-time tracking, cia connections & more
‘defects’ in e-passports allow real-time tracking*china to US: shut up about ‘so-called internet freedom’*google’s china hypocrisy ignores deep cia connections*google toolbar caught tracking users when ‘disabled’*oracle software & the cia*80% of fed sites miss dns security deadline*paypal freezes wikileaks account* computers down at all 168 california dmv offices*2nd US man admits ddos attack on scientology*internet…
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pentagon searches for ‘digital dna’ to identify hackers
from danger room: One of the trickiest problems in cyber security is trying to figure who’s really behind an attack. Darpa, the Pentagon agency that created the Internet, is trying to fix that, with a new effort to develop the “cyber equivalent of fingerprints or DNA” that can identify even the best-cloaked hackers… It’s the…
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poisoned pdf pill used to attack US military contractors
from the register: Unidentified hackers are running an ongoing cyber-espionage attack targeting US military contractors. Booby-trapped PDF files, posing as messages from the US Department of Defense, were emailed to US defence contractors last week. The document refers to a real conference due to be held in Las Vegas in March. Opening the malicious PDF…
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cybersecurity: here’s what really worries the pentagon
from danger room: In Washington, “cybersecurity” is a term that’s come to have a thousand meanings, and none at all. Any crime, prank, intelligence operation, or foreign-government attack involving a computer has become a “cyber threat.” But at the Pentagon, they aren’t worried about some kid painting a Hitler moustache on Defense Secretary Robert Gates’…
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US & russia begin cyberwar limitation talks
it’s like salt for hackers… from the register: The US and Russia have begun talks on limiting the the military use of cyberspace. Entry into the cyber arms reduction talks – convened by a United Nations arms control committee – represents a significant shift for the US, which has resisted entering such talks for years,…
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defcon 12/12: regimes, lists, biometrics & privacy promis
how to shut down the ‘net: a guide for repressive regimes* will 2010 bring a wake-up call for cybersecurity?*fbi: 19,000 matches to terrorist screening list in ’09* bank firewalls cracked by cyberhackers*men charged with hijacking dod paychecks* apple loses $21.7m patent suit, appeal in progress*surgery fools japan’s fingerprint checks* radio nodes may succeed rfid tags*verichip’s…
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climategate: hacked emails expose climate control schemes
climategate for dummies: a compendium of articles & videos from steve & paul joseph watson: On Thursday 19th November 2009 news began to circulate that hacked documents and communications from the University of East Anglia’s Hadley Climate Research Unit (aka CRU) had been published to the internet. The information revealed how top scientists conspired to…
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defcon 11/27: cern, wrecking cru, copyright & crackdown
triumph in geneva! lhc beams up & running again* potty-mouths charged for comcast hijack* nj man sentenced in scientology cyber attack* ‘godfather of spam’ to prison for 4 years* wrecking cru: hackers cause massive climate data breach* climate change hackers leave trail* beginning of the end for the internet in the uk* google previews chrome…
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china steps up cyber attacks on US
from allgov: Whether it’s using human spies or launching attacks in cyberspace, China is stepping up its intelligence efforts against American security. Experts from the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission told Congress this week in a report that Chinese hackers are going after U.S. military and civilian websites more than ever. Pentagon officials informed…
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defcon 10/22: obama’s cyberthreats, telecoms & crypto
nasa: lunar pole-shot plume shows up in pictures*nsa director tapped for cyber command*nsa director to be new cyber commander*the growing cyberthreat*ucla study: the internet is altering our brains*former fbi agent slams defence tactics in mckinnon case*time-warner cable exposes 65k customer routers to remote hacks*crypto spares man who secretly video taped flatmates*free download turns blackberry into…