Police have suspended 2,000 .co.uk domains that were being used to rip off consumers with counterfeit goods. The Metropolitan Police Central e-Crime Unit (PCeU) said the sites had been used to pass of a number of popular brands such as Ugg, Nike, GHD, and Tiffany as the genuine article under…
US military researchers take on task of securing the net
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) had a big hand in creating the Internet and now its wants to get serious about protecting it. At its Colloquium on Future Directions in Cyber Security this week, DARPA Director Regina Dugan said that since 2009, the agency has steadily increased its…
Sneaky malware just needs a few clicks to take control
Criminals are getting sneakier. These days, computer viruses, Trojans, rootkits and other unfriendly software (collectively known as malware) can be foisted on our systems without our even noticing. In the early days of malware, the idea was simply to show people that their systems had been compromised; a virus was…
ProtectMyID: Be safe when you #blog. If you’re a blogger, take added precautions and check your credit more often. #101tips #identitytheft #idtheft
ProtectMyID: Be safe when you #blog. If you’re a blogger, take added precautions and check your credit more often. #101tips #identitytheft #idtheft View full post on Twitter / ProtectMyID View full post on National Cyber Security
Police commissioner: NYPD could take down planes
Associated Press The Hamilton Spectator NEW YORK — The chief of the New York Police Department says city police could take down a plane, if necessary. Commissioner Ray Kelly told CBS’s 60 Minutes Sunday that after the Sept. 11 attacks, he decided the city couldn’t rely on the federal government…
Another BART website hacked – Anonymous doesn’t take credit
Hacker group Anonymous has not taken credit for the attack View full post on anonymous hacker – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Anonymous hackers take on San Francisco subway (Reuters)
Reuters – The hacker group Anonymous is taking on San Francisco’s subway system after the Bay Area Rapid Transit turned off cell phone service in stations last week to foil a different protest. View full post on Yahoo! News: Security News View full post on National Cyber Security
LIGATT: bstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal. – Henry Ford
LIGATT: bstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal. – Henry Ford View full post on Twitter / LIGATT Gergory Evans