Mozilla warns Web certificate issuing companies to show proff that their systems are safe or risk being blocked
GlobalSign has become the second company to halt issuing SSL certificates or certificates guaranteeing the security of websites, after an anonymous hacker claimed to have breached its security.
Read full article http://bit.ly/pQTCgaDue to the complexity and sophistication of the code contained within the Stuxnet worm, the possibility of it being used to take control of a nuclear warhead is high, according to a security expert.
At Check Point's Sydney conference this week, Check Point Israel security evangelist, Tomer Teller, said he analysed the code of the Stuxnet worm, which was used to take control of a nuclear facility in Iran in June, 2009.
Read full article: http://bit.ly/oUS0NsComputer technology and the Internet have transformed the way we live. While continually advancing technology heightens convenience in both work and play, it also increases our susceptibility to Internet scams.
Cyberfraud takes many forms. It includes diverse activities such as distributing damaging viruses, stealing money, and posting confidential information.These are just a few of the threats presented online.
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Of the total amount, US$4 billion is direct financial loss, while US$3.6 billion is in terms of time spent to resolve the crime, the Norton Cybercrime Report 2011 said. The study was conducted by the cyber security firm across 24 countries in February this year.
Read full article: http://bit.ly/o15JkoTHE internet is a dangerous place, but is it a battlefield? Will future wars be fought in cyberspace? Many people think they will, and our government seems to agree, at least up to a point. But a glance at history suggests some of these fears may be exaggerated.
The government is certainly acting as if it takes cyber war seriously. Cyber threats loomed large in the 2009 defence white paper, and in January last year the government opened a big new Cyber Security Operations Centre where 130 people will take command of Australia's cyber skirmishes. Then in July it announced a white paper specifically on cyber security, preceded by a public discussion paper, which is expected soon.
Read full article: http://bit.ly/oFeF6aThe Operation Aurora attacks against Google, Adobe, Rackspace, Juniper Networks and othersrevealed in early 2010, for example, involved 12 distinct steps. Nine of them were actions that could have been detected or prevented by more comprehensive defences. If any one of these steps had failed, the attack would have failed.
In one step, victims were sent links to malicious websites via email. "The links inside the emails should have been checked by some antivirus or gateways or anything else," Aseev said.
Read full article: http://bit.ly/nL1ziXThough Twitter's trending topics sometimes inform users of breaking news, the list is often littered with phrases or hashtags that are puzzling or just plain stupid. Right now, for example, #wifeymaterial tops the list.
But while most of us probably don't consider the content of these trending topics to be a major problem that needs solving, hacker group Anonymous thinks otherwise. The organization announced this week that it has developed a program that "hijacks trending topics of our choice and ... lets us tweet messages within them."
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