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US faces 'serious' cyberspace threats: advisor Washington (AFP) Feb 7, 2010 
The United States faces "serious and significant" threats within cyberspace, the White House's top counter-terrorism advisor said Sunday, adding it was an issue of national security.
"The threats and the vulnerabilities within the cyber domain are serious and significant," John Brennan told NBC, adding a cybersecurity board had been set up at the White House.
"It's a very complex and com ... read moreGoogle, US intel to team up to fight cyberattacks: report 
Washington (AFP) Feb 4, 2010US Internet giant Google is enlisting the help of the top US electronic surveillance organization to ward off cyberattacks, The Washington Post reported Thursday. The report emerged amid an ugly spat between Beijing and Google, which has threatened to pull out of the Chinese market over cyberattacks and Web censorship in China. Under an agreement still in the works, the National Security ... more
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Hackers rigging blogs, email, websites: Websense
San Francisco (AFP) Feb 4, 2010Cyber crooks are rigging the Internet with booby-trapped blog commentary, chat rooms, email messages and websites, according to a Websense report released Thursday. Analysis of online threats during the second half of 2009 showed that 81 percent of email was rigged to deliver "malicious" code and 95 percent of comments posted to blog or chat forums were spam or links to nasty payloads. S ... more US Congress to examine Google pro-democracy role 
Washington (AFP) Feb 4, 2010A key US Congress committee said Thursday it will hear from a senior Google executive next week on the Internet giant's role in promoting democracy in the wake of a high-profile clash with China. Google vice president and deputy general counsel Nicole Wong will testify at a House Foreign Affairs Committee's hearing entitled "The Google Predicament: Transforming US Cyberspace Policy to Advanc ... more Google attacks 'wake-up call' - US intel chief 
Washington (AFP) Feb 2, 2010Google's recently reported cyberattacks are a "wake-up call" about the vulnerabilities of computer networks to attacks that could cripple the US economy, the top US intelligence official warned Tuesday. "We cannot be certain that our cyberspace infrastructure will remain available and reliable during a time of crisis," US Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair told key lawmakers. ... more "Alarming" rise in cyberattacks at social networks: Sophos 
San Francisco (AFP) Feb 1, 2010There has been an "alarming" rise in spammers and hackers hunting for victims at online social networks, according to a report released Monday by computer security firm Sophos. A "Social Security" investigation revealed an "explosion" of spam messages and nefarious software targeting users of social networks such as Facebook and Twitter. "Computer users are spending more time on social n ... more |
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Web boss sees low risk of multiple internets
Washington (AFP) Jan 27, 2010 Clandestine efforts by some countries to create alternative versions of the Internet for political ends could put the Web at risk, the man responsible for organizing the network told AFP Wednesday. Rod Beckstrom, the CEO of ICANN - the firm which oversees how the Internet is organized - said unnamed nations had tried to create parallel networks, but he expressed confidence they would event ... more S.Korea heightens alert against cyberattacks
Seoul (AFP) Jan 27, 2010South Korea's spy agency said Wednesday it had issued an alert against cyberattacks aimed at stealing data from government networks. The National Intelligence Service (NIS) did not say whether North Korea was responsible. Open Radio for North Korea, a Seoul-based group specialising in the North, said the latest attack was led by Pyongyang, which runs elite hacker units. The NIS said ... more Gates weighs in on Google-China spat
Washington (AFP) Jan 26, 2010Microsoft founder Bill Gates has weighed in on a row between China and Web giant Google over cyberattacks, saying that Beijing's efforts to censor the Internet were "fortunately ...very limited." Calling it a "complex issue," Gates spoke about the controversy in an interview Monday with ABC television even as the US government was stiffening its stance on Internet freedom. "The role of ... more China denies state role in Google cyberattacks
Beijing (AFP) Jan 25, 2010China on Monday denied any state involvement in cyberattacks on Google and accused the United States of "double standards" as a row with Washington over Internet freedom intensified. Beijing fired off its latest salvo after the White House said President Barack Obama was "troubled" by Google's statements it had been attacked by China-based hackers, and demanded official answers. The US I ... more |
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