"Though auditors' attempts to gain access to two computer systems that control air traffic in the United States failed, they discovered during their assessments vulnerabilities that could lead to the …
Security lags cyberattack threats in critical industries
"Industries crucial to the functioning of society – such as water treatment systems, power plants, and oil and gas facilities – use computer-controlled systems that are under fast-growing cyberattack …
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Cyber attack forces ORNL to shut down Internet access
"A highly sophisticated cyber attack -- known as Advanced Persistent Threat or APT -- forced Oak Ridge National Laboratory to shut down all Internet access and email systems over the weekend. Those …
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Serial hacker admits breaching Federal Reserve computers
"A Malaysian national has admitted hacking a computer network operated by the US Federal Reserve Bank and possessing stolen payment card data. Lin Mun Poo, 32, entered a guilty plea on Wednesday in …
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Tibetans under cyber attack
"A VIRUS has attacked the internet connections and email accounts of dozens of Australian Tibetan activists as senior Chinese politician and Tibet negotiator Jia Qinglin arrived in Australia for …
DOJ gets court permission to attack botnet
"The U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation have obtained a temporary restraining order allowing them to disrupt a computer virus that created an international botnet …
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New Adobe Flash Zero Day Being Exploited?
"Attackers are exploiting a previously unknown security flaw in Adobe’s ubiquitous Flash Player software to launch targeted attacks, according to several reliable sources. The attacks come less than …
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Comodo: Web attack broader than initially thought
"An attack in which someone fraudulently obtained digital certificates for some major Web sites--which could have been used to impersonate those sites--was broader than originally reported, according …
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NSA to Investigate Nasdaq Hack
"The National Security Agency has been called in to help investigate recent hack attacks against the company that runs the Nasdaq stock market, according to a news report. The agency’s precise role …
Australian PM’s computer hacked: report
"Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard's parliamentary computer and the foreign and defence ministers' machines are all suspected of being hacked, with China under suspicion, reports said …
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