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EU wants firms to stop selling surveillance tools to repressive regimes
We are all aware of the fact that some regimes have no qualms about spying on their citizens in order to keep tabs on dissenters. Nevertheless, last week’s revelation by …
Feds seize 150 domains for selling counterfeit goods
Seizure orders have been executed against 150 domain names of commercial websites engaged in the illegal sale and distribution of counterfeit goods and copyrighted works. The …
New UK Cyber Security Strategy revealed
The UK Government’s Cabinet Office has published today a new Cyber Security Strategy whose aim is, among other things, to make the UK one of the most secure places in …
DHS says water pump destruction was not due to SCADA hack
“After detailed analysis, DHS and the FBI have found no evidence of a cyber intrusion into the SCADA system of the Curran-Gardner Public Water District in Springfield, …
Alleged leaker Bradley Manning finally scheduled for court
After being held in custody for over 17 months, former Army intelligence analyst Bradley Manning will finally see the inside of a court as his Article 32 pretrial hearing is …
IT security budgets set by U.S. federal agencies
A new IDC Government Insights report examines IT security budgets set by each U.S. federal agency and reveals how much each organization actually spends on security-focused …
Hearing on draconian new U.S. piracy legislation is under way
Today’s the day of the long awaited House Judiciary Committee’s hearing on the Stop Online Privacy Act (SOPA) and, as the Electronic Frontier Foundation claims, …
Trojan masquerading as PDF signed with stolen government certificate
Since the discovery of the Stuxnet worm, and especially after the recent string of certification authority compromises, cyber attackers’ practice of using digital …
FBI arrests six for DNS hijacking scam worth $14 million
Charges against six Estonian nationals and one Russian national for engaging in a massive and sophisticated Internet fraud scheme that infected with malware more than four …
DARPA invites white hats to help with U.S. cyber defense
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is asking the government to ramp up its cyber research funding from $120 million to $208 million for 2012, and in the …
First joint EU-US cyber security exercise
The first joint cyber security exercise between the European Union and United States is being held today in Brussels, with the support of the EU’s Network and …
Hackers attacked U.S. government satellites
Two U.S. satellites have been tampered with by hackers – possibly Chinese ones – in 2007 and 2008, claims a soon-to-be released report by the the U.S.-China …
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