In the real world of criminal investigation, police investigators aim to build a profile of the criminal in an effort to help catch the guilty party. The same basic idea is now being applied in the world of cybercrime. View full post on eSecurityPlanet RSS Feed View full post on…
More Details Emerge About Cyber Attack at Water Utility (November 19 & 21, 2011)
A hacker reportedly gained access to a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system at a water utility in Illinois and tampered with a water pump, causing it to burn out……. View full post on SANS NewsBites View full post on National Cyber Security
45 Gbps DDoS attack was largest of the year
A week-long DDoS attack that topped out at 45 Gbps and 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 distributed denial-of-service attacks. The DDoS attack consisted of…
Shortage of computing students leaves Britain open to cyber attack
A huge drop in the number of pupils studying computing is leaving the country vulnerable to cyber attacks, a government special representative has said. View full post on cyber attack – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security Gergory Evans
UK firms to trial sharing of cyber attack data (Reuters)
Reuters – Britain will try to bolster defenses against cyber attack by encouraging companies to overcome their reluctance to admit computer security breaches and share their experiences with each other, the government said on Friday. View full post on Yahoo! News: Security News View full post on National Cyber Security…
UK firms to trial sharing of cyber attack data
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will try to bolster defenses against cyber attack by encouraging companies to overcome their reluctance to admit computer security breaches and share their experiences with each other, the government said on Friday. View full post on computer worm – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post…
Cyber attack that wasn’t to live forever on the web
Dave Bakke column: Though it apparently wasn’t true, the purported cyber attack by the Russians on the Curran-Gardner water system will be accepted as fact by current and future generations. View full post on homeland cyber – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security Gergory Evans…
Asian company hit by mega-DDoS attack
DDoS criminals are trying to batter down DDoS defences with larger attacks and new techniques, mitigation outfit Prolexic has said, only weeks after the company detected a huge assault on an Asian company. The attack on the unnamed organisation and its DNS provider happened between 5 and 12 November and…
FBI Investigates ‘Foreign Cyber Attack’
The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) are investigating what could be the first known foreign cyber attack to damage an American industrial system. View full post on cyber attack – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Chinese company hit by mega-DDoS attack
DDoS criminals are trying to batter down DDoS defences with larger attacks and new techniques, mitigation outfit Prolexic has said, only weeks after the company detected a huge assault on a Chinese company. The attack on the unnamed organisation and its DNS provider happened between 5 and 12 November and…