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DHS and NIST proposal suggests American ISPs should assist in stopping botnets

24

Sep

2011

When I do public speaking, I often rant about how distracted we are by high profile attacks like Stuxnet even though few of us are responsible for protecting nuclear centrifuges. The vast majority of attacks are using our own computing resources to compromise our infrastructure. Our identities are being stolen, and we’re spamming and DDoS’ing […]

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Hurricane Irene Inspires Phishing Scams

27

Aug

2011

As Hurricane Irene barrels toward the eastern seaboard, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is warning government agencies and private companies to be on the lookout for storm-related phishing attacks and other malicious cyberactivity. In an alert issued Thursday , the agency said that cybercriminals go into overdrive during highly publicized physical events such as […]

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Defcon for Kids Raising a New Generation of ‘Hackers’

09

Aug

2011

At the Defcon conference in Las Vegas last week, kids aged 8 to 16 were exposed to the world of hacking. Some may fear indoctrinating a new generation of Anonymous and LulzSec members, but young minds can expand the horizons of technology and computer security to effectively combat hacking collectives such as these. The kids […]

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