News tagged with intrusion attempt

Sources: Pentagon planning new cybercommand

(AP) -- The Pentagon is planning to create a new military command to focus on cyberspace and protect its computer networks from cyberattacks, U.S. officials said Wednesday.

Technology / Internet

created Apr 22, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0




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Internet voting still faces hurdles in US

Shop online. Bank online. Why not vote online?

Technology / Other

created May 24, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 8

How to get more Jurors to the courthouse

Citizens inclined to ignore a jury duty summons are more likely to respond when reminded that failure to appear could result in fines or jail time, according to a UC Riverside study.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Mar 14, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Social-network use leads companies to boost security

When Randy Kortering decided to upgrade computer network defenses at Haworth, a $1 billion-a-year office fixtures manufacturer, his chief of security warned him about social-networking use.

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created Mar 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

US Senate in new cybersecurity push

US senators, warning of potentially catastrophic cyberattacks, introduced a bill Tuesday aimed at protecting critical infrastructure such as power, water and transportation systems.

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created Feb 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 14

FBI, DHS dismiss report of water plant hack

US investigators have dismissed a report that computer hackers were behind the failure of a water pump at a plant in the midwestern US state of Illinois.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

China suspect in US satellite interference: report

NASA satellites were interfered with four separate times in 2007 and 2008, possibly by the Chinese military, according to a draft of an upcoming report for the US Congress.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 14

Unauthorized access hits Sony PlayStation accounts

Sony said Wednesday intruders staged a massive attempt to access user accounts on its PlayStation Network and other online entertainment services in the second major attack on its flagship gaming site this year.

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created Oct 12, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Spreading like wildfire? Maybe not always

One of America's most costly natural disasters are wildland fires, and wildland-urban interface (WUI) fires rank among the worst of these. WUI is the threshold where wildfires consume not only the landscape, ...

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Hacked Dutch Internet company declared bankrupt

A Dutch judge granted a bankruptcy filing Tuesday for Internet security company DigiNotar, whose servers were apparently breached by an Iranian hacker in July, its parent company said.

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created Sep 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Google users in Iran targeted in certificate scam

A false Internet security certificate has been used in an apparent attempt to snoop on Google users in Iran, according to the Internet search giant and computer security firms.

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created Aug 30, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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