DHS: Rising Risk of Cyber Attacks

Homeland Security official says U.S. utilities and industries face a rising number of cyber break-ins, as cyber analysts, like one seen left, find that attackers are using more sophisticated methods. View full post on cyber wars – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security

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Cyber risk and the future of national response

In September 2007, in a remote laboratory in Idaho, researchers began to show that the security picture had begun to change, dramatically and irreversibly. Dubbed “Aurora,” the researchers’ project demonstrated the ability of a cyber hacker to destroy physical equipment – in this case a generator used to create electricity…

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Android at risk from SpyEye banking Trojan

Banking transactions for owners of Android phones just became more dangerous with a new iteration of the SpyEye Trojan designed to intercept two-factor authentication codes sent via SMS – the first known version for Android. The malware not only tries to steal authentication information banks send via SMS, it also…

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