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The European Commission has unveiled new proposals that could send Internet hackers and spreaders of computer viruses to jail for years. Industry and security experts welcomed the proposals, but said more needed to be done to get companies, cautious of . . .
The U.S. Space and Naval Ware Systems Command was defaced Monday morning, with presumably legitimate screenshots of database files from a major airline and bank. . . .
More than 26,000 computer intrusion incidents were reported to CERT in the first three months of this year, surpassing the total for all of 2000. As awareness of information security and the threat of cyber terrorists increases, U.S. government agencies and businesses have beefed up security in order to thwart system outages and intrusions in mission-critical operations. . . .
A group of 30 computer security researchers who set up inexpensive "fake" networks to observe how hackers behave as they break into them are finding out about new software vulnerabilities and warning the public. . . .
Each time technology advances, a new underworld of cyber criminals appears, looking to exploit the latest systems. As companies strive to give employees more mobility -- without sacrificing productivity -- hackers have begun to slither around the wireless landscape, readying new assaults. . . .
Kazaa users can now get hold of a hacked version of the peer-to-peer file sharing software which claims to be spyware free. Earlier this month Kazaa users discovered that the client software includes what is effectively a Trojan program which connects to another network called Altnet and taps the user's processing power and storage space. . . .
A new tool for manipulating packets of data that travel over the Internet could allow attackers to camouflage malicious programs just enough to bypass many intrusion-detection systems and firewalls. The tool, called Fragroute, performs several techniques to fool the signature-based recognition systems used by many intrusion-detection systems and firewalls. Many of these duping techniques were outlined in a research paper published four years ago. . . .
A large commercial bank in Florida said Wednesday that "an Internet hacker" penetrated the security of its systems earlier this month and made off with a file containing 3,600 online-banking customer names and addresses. Officials of Republic Bank said the attacker managed to get past the bank's security firewalls but did not access account balances or transactions of its online banking customers. . . .
Sensitive information collected by Ottawa about Canadians is vulnerable to cyber-attacks because the government has failed to monitor and update its electronic security systems, the federal Auditor-General said yesterday. . . .
Sir Dystic from the hacker group Cult of the Dead Cow hacks a home computer in a simulated attack. Think your broadband-enabled home computer is secure? Don't be so sure. Cable modems and DSL lines may give your computer blazing speed . . .
The clock had just struck midnight when users logged onto a popular chat site noticed a rather short message flashing up on their monitors: "DOS attack". To the majority, it may not have meant much, but to 16-year-old Ankit Fadia sitting . . .
Web site defacement is so popular these days that the defacement mirror sites, which record what's been hacked on a daily basis, are struggling to keep up. Attrition.org decided to back out of providing its mirror service last year, Safemode.org stopped its defacement coverage a few months back, and then in mid-February this year, Alldas.de announced on its site that it was closing due to `total burnout and frustration'.. . .
Computer vandals, malicious hackers and virus writers are besieging British businesses. A government survey has found that the number of times that cyber criminals have broken through the defences of businesses has doubled in 12 months. . . .
Israel has been suffering a barrage of hack attacks since the start of the Palestinian uprising in September 2000. According to security firm mi2g, the Israeli domain .il has been the biggest victim of web defacements over the past three years, . . .
Computer hacking has been declared "legal by default" in a test case in Buenos Aires against a group of political 'hacktivists'. The country's Supreme Court ruled that as hacking did not harm people, animals or property it is not technically . . .
The IT community has developed checklists of must-have technologies and accepted best practices for solid protection, but even the most vigilant enterprise IT professionals have been forced into reactionary postures by ceaseless new vulnerabilities, increasingly sophisticated hacker tools and heightened threats of cyber-terrorism. Security in depth is critical to business continuity and customer trust, but challenges to that level of security can seem insurmountable.. . .
While hacking has traditionally been the domain of internet geeks and pranksters, the "skill" has now entered the mainstream. Hacking is so widespread that there are thousands of people working in UK businesses with enough knowledge to break into the email . . .
While most computer viruses are spread deliberately and actively, others are distributed more passively, through virus exchange Web sites. Many virus writers support exchange sites, and often cite research or the constitutional right to free speech as a reason to let . . .
Imagine waking up one morning to discover all your personal information has been stolen. Your bank account has been cleaned out. The project you have been working on for the past six months has vanished. Your e-mails have been infected . . .
Here is an interview with Bill Pepper of CSC who uses ethical hackers for testing and security processes. "Bill Pepper is head of security risk management at consulting firm CSC, a role which involves advising clients on security issues . . .
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