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Researcher says internal security breaches pose a bigger threat than hackers

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created Aug 03, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Periodic news accounts about computer hacking and deployment of worms and viruses strike fear in companies that now conduct much of their business online. But an Iowa State University information security ...


SKorea and US forge deal to fight cyber attacks

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created May 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

South Korea and the United States have agreed to cooperate in fighting cyber attacks against their defence networks from countries including China and North Korea, officials said Monday.





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Swede indicted for hacking NASA, Cisco computers

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created May 06, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 4

A 21-year-old Swede was indicted on charges of hacking into the computer systems of NASA and US networking giant Cisco, the US Justice Department said.


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Cyber crooks riding social-networking wave: report

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created Aug 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A hacking incident report released Monday warns there has been a steep rise in attacks at social-networking hotspots including wildly popular microblogging service Twitter.


Prosecutors say man stole 130M credit card numbers

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created Aug 17, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 4

(AP) -- Federal prosecutors on Monday charged a Miami man with the largest case of credit and debit card data theft ever in the United States, accusing the one-time government informant of swiping 130 million accounts on ...


Militants, 'hacktivists' exploit Web, eye recruits (AP)

Militants, 'hacktivists' exploit Web, eye recruits

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created Jun 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Terrorist groups that have long used the Internet to spread propaganda are increasingly tapping the Web to teach Islamic extremists how to be hackers, recruit techies for cyberwarfare and raise money ...


U.S., British hackers face the music

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created May 10, 2006 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (14) | comments 0

Only two days after U.S. federal authorities sentenced a 21-year-old to five years in prison for hacking computers, the British government ruled that one of its citizens should be extradited to the United States for hacking ...


Obama setting up better security for computers (AP)

Obama setting up better security for computers

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created May 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- America has for too long failed to adequately protect the security of its computer networks, President Barack Obama said Friday, announcing he will name a new cyber czar to take on the job.


SKorea military networks under growing cyber attack

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created Jun 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

South Korea's military computer networks are under ever-growing cyber attack with 95,000 cases reported daily on average, officials said Tuesday.


'Google hacking' attacks rising

'Google hacking' attacks rising

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created May 22, 2006 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (9) | comments 0

Web sites are more vulnerable to “Google hacking” than many people realise and “hacking” attacks are on the rise, according to a recent study by Massey University (New Zealand) researchers. Personal information ...


A police woman fights quantum hacking and cracking

A police woman fights quantum hacking and cracking

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created Jul 30, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (8) | comments 1

The first desktop computers changed the way we managed data forever. Three decades after their introduction, we rely on them to manage our time, social life and finances -- and to keep this information safe ...


A new language could improve home computer security

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created Sep 18, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Korean computer scientists have developed a security policy specification for home networks that could make us more secure from cyber attack in our homes. They report details in the International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ub ...



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