Kelihos gang building a new botnet, researchers say

The cybercriminal gang that operated the recently disabled Kelihos botnet has already begun building a new botnet with the help of a Facebook worm, according to security researchers from Seculert. Security experts from Kaspersky Lab, CrowdStrike, Dell SecureWorks and the Honeynet Project, announced that they took control of the 110,000…

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Building an IDPS without big iron

This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter's approach. View full post on computer security alerts – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security

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Japan Reportedly Building Vigilante Virus Assassin Squad

Japan reportedly has paid Fujitsu $2.3 million to build a self-replicating assassin squad — a computer virus it can set loose in the network to track down and eliminate other viruses. Japanese newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun reported that the Defense Ministry’s Technical Research and Development Institute began developing the anti-viral virus…

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Russia building 10-petaflop supercomputer

Computerworld – T-Platforms, a Moscow-based tech company that has built some of that nation’s largest systems, is developing a 10-petaflop supercomputer for M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, the company said this week. This large system puts it in the ballpark of similarly announced systems being developed in the major supercomputing…

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Advanced Defense Technologies (ADTI) Building Technology Alliances and Joint Ventures Within Homeland Security Industry

ANAHEIM, CA– – Advanced Defense Technologies, Inc. , announced today the Company is building technology alliances and joint ventures within the global Homeland Security industry. Global industry analysts … View full post on germany cyber attack – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security

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