Chinese Hacking of American Military Networks On the Rise
Original post provide by Slashdot: ITAnti-Globalism writes with this excerpt from the Guardian: “China is stealing sensitive information from American computer networks and stepping up its online espionage, according to a US congressional panel. Beijing’s investment in rocket technology is also accelerating the militarisation of outer space and lifting it into the ‘commanding heights’ of modern warfare, the advisory group claims. … A summary of the study, released in advance, alleges that networks and databases used by the US government and American defence contractors are regularly targeted by Chinese hackers. ‘China is stealing vast amounts of sensitive information from US computer networks,’ says Larry Wortzel, chairman of the commission set up by Congress in 2000 to investigate US-China issues.” The full study addresses these issues and others relating to the US-China relationship (PDF).
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Don't blame Microsoft — at least that's what their security types are now arguing. 'One of the things we've seen in the last two years is that attackers aren't even go after the browser itself anymore,' Eric Lawrence, Security Program Manager on Microsoft's Internet Explorer team, said.
Microsoft Blames Add-Ons For Browser Woes
Don't blame Microsoft — at least that's what their security types are now arguing. 'One of the things we've seen in the last two years is that attackers aren't even going after the browser itself anymore,' Eric Lawrence, Security Program Manager on Microsoft's Internet Explorer team, said.
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Setting Up A Home Dev/Testing Environment?
Looking around my house, I have quite the collection of older (read: real old — it's been a while) PCs — it's pretty much a PC graveyard. Nothing that would really help me set up a nice dev infrastructure for developing web/database apps.
Worm Attack Prompts DoD To Ban Use Of External Media
An anonymous reader writes "The Pentagon has suffered from a cyber attack so alarming that it has taken the unprecedented step of banning the use of external hardware devices, such as flash drives and DVDs [...] The attack came in the form of a global virus or worm that is spreading rapidly throughout a number of military networks."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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