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NATO mobilises for cyber warfare

In 1989, before the Internet revolution, Suleyman Anil was the lone man in charge of the security of NATO's IT system, armed with a single computer.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 18, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Taiwan NSB gets half million cyber attacks a month

Taiwan's top security unit said Monday it received nearly half a million cyber attacks a month, only a minority from China and around 60 percent from the island itself.

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created Nov 15, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

New cyber attack linked to Nobel Peace Prize

A fake email invitation to this year's Nobel Peace Prize ceremony is currently circulating and carrying with it a virus capable of infecting the computer of anyone who opens it, computer security experts warned.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 10, 2010 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 10

Airliners fly in face of cyber attack scares

Around the world, around the clock, circles of flickering screens keep aircraft apart in the air, ease them gently down to the ground and guide their precious human cargoes off the runway.

Technology / Other

created Nov 03, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 3

Peace Nobel website under cyber attack

The Nobel Peace Prize website came under cyber attack from Taiwan, Norwegian telecoms operator Telenor said Tuesday, less than three weeks after jailed Chinese dissent Liu Xiaobo won the award.

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created Oct 26, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Terror, cyber attacks 'biggest security threats' in Britain

International terrorism and cyber attacks pose the biggest threats to British security, a new government strategy said Monday, just before deep cuts to the defence budget are unveiled.

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Cyberwars: Already underway with no Geneva Conventions to guide them

Cyber attacks of various sorts have been around for decades. The most recent, and very dangerous, escalation in the past few years has been marked by countries launching attacks against other nations, such as Stuxnet, the ...

Technology / Internet

created Oct 14, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Britain faces 'real and credible' cyber threat: intel chief

Britain faces the threat of cyber attacks from hostile states and criminals which could damage its critical infrastructure, the head of the country's electronic spying agency warned Wednesday.

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Georgia Tech Information Security Center releases cyber threats forecast for 2011

The Georgia Tech Information Security Center (GTISC) today announced the release of the GTISC Emerging Cyber Threats Report for 2011, outlining the top three areas of security risk and concern for consumer and business Internet ...

Technology / Internet

created Oct 07, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Stuxnet worm brings cyber warfare out of virtual world

A mysterious computer worm that has struck Iran has raised the spectre of a cyber attack as a new weapon of war, a danger NATO identifies as a key threat, experts say.

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created Oct 01, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

US reviewing ways to fight cyber attacks: general

The White House is looking at boosting the authority of the US military and other agencies to protect the country's infrastructure from possible cyber attack, a top general said Thursday.

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created Sep 24, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cracks in computer defenses abound: IBM

IBM on Wednesday reported that the number of discovered cracks that hackers could exploit in computer software surged in the first half of the year.

Technology / Software

created Aug 25, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Worst cyber attack on US military came via flash drive

The most serious cyber attack on the US military's networks came from a tainted flash drive in 2008, forcing the Pentagon to review its digital security, a top US defense official said Wednesday.

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Aug 25, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 13

N.Korea uses Twitter for propaganda offensive

North Korea's propaganda campaign has surged into the 21st century with a new Twitter account, hot on the heals of its foray into video with clips posted on YouTube.

Technology / Internet

created Aug 15, 2010 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 4

Two years and 100 mln dollars buys winning cyber army

A computer espionage specialist has laid out blueprints for building a cyber army capable of crashing through US defenses.

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Aug 01, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (11) | comments 2