Archive for the ‘Network World’ Category

Hackers target IPv6

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If your IPv6 strategy is to delay implementation as long as you can, you still must address IPv6 security concerns right now.

Criminals sabotaging Cyber Monday, security experts warn

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Security experts today warned consumers of a rapidly mutating spam campaign using bogus messages from UPS claiming that a package could not be delivered.

Carrier IQ drops legal threat against security researcher

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Software vendor Carrier IQ has withdrawn its threat to sue a security researcher for saying that its software helps phone companies surreptitiously track users of many popular mobile phones.

Twitter scoops up mobile security developer Whisper Systems

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Twitter may be planning to boost its mobile security options with the acquisition of Whisper Systems, a company that offers security products for Android phones.

Largest DDoS attack so far this year peaked at 45 Gbps, says company

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A week-long DDoS attack that launched a flood of traffic at an Asian e-commerce company in early November was the biggest such incident so far this year, according to Prolexic, a company that defends websites against such attacks.

Cyberattacks a top national security concern, GOP candidates say

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Three Republican presidential candidates at Tuesday's CNN-sponsored GOP debate said that cyberattacks pose an emerging national security threat to the U.S.

FBI, DHS say no evidence of a hack in an Illinois water district pump failure

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The FBI and Department of Homeland Security say they can't find evidence to confirm any of the story that an Illinois water authority's SCADA network was hacked and that it resulted in burning out a pump in the system.

The CFO’s role in the data breach war

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The disturbing rash of data breaches in recent years has demonstrated that data security -- always a huge concern of CFOs -- affects every company and its customers. Entertainment sites, clothing retailers, grocers, financial services institutions are only the latest and most obvious of organizations to have had IT systems compromised, or sensitive information stolen.

Hungarian hacks Marriott’s systems to blackmail for job

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A Hungarian citizen has pleaded guilty to stealing confidential information from the computers of Marriott International, and threatening to reveal the information if the hotel chain did not offer him a job maintaining the company's computers, the Department of Justice said on Wednesday.

RIPE questions registration freeze related to botnet bust

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A Dutch organization responsible for allocating IP addresses to network providers in Europe is questioning an order by police to not allow changes to the registrations of four blocks of addresses that were used until recently by a known criminal network.