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Eliminating Hacker Threats to Wireless Nets: RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT Hacking into military wireless networks is a threat that worried planners for many years. A new research effort by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency DARPA is seeking to develop an "intrinsically secure" mobile military communications network designed to be resistant to cyberattacks. DARPA's Intrinsically...; Tags: cyberattack, DARPA, Hacking, network, NETWORKING, SECURITY, WIRELESS; Research articles 2008-06-01
US radio websites in Eastern Europe hit by cyberattack: bosses: PRAGUE AFP — Websites run by US Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, based in eastern Europe, have been hit by an "unprecedented" cyberattack, management said Monday. "The attack, which started on April 26, initially targeted the website of RFE/RL's Belarus Service, but quickly spread to other sites," a statement on...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, cyberattack, INTERNET, MARKETING, radio; Research articles 2008-04-28
Australia considers email snoop powers for bosses: minister: SYDNEY AFP — Bosses will be able to spy on workers' emails without consent under new anti-terror laws being considered in Australia, Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard said Monday. The proposal is being flagged by the government to prevent a cyber attack on critical national infrastructure such as the...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, Australia, cyberattack, E-mail, Government, Hacking, SECURITY, worker; Research articles 2008-04-13
Bush pushes cybersecurity: WASHINGTON -- A sudden spike in the number of successful attacks against federal government information systems and databases has led President Bush to propose a multibillion-dollar response. The number of incidents reported to the Department of Homeland Security rose by 152% last year, to nearly 13,000,...; Tags: attack, Bush, China, cyberattack, cybersecurity, Government, president, SECURITY, U.S. Department of Homeland Security; Research articles 2008-03-14
US holds largest ever simulated cyber-attack exercise: WASHINGTON AFP — US officials said Thursday that "real and growing" threats to US computer and telecommunications networks were behind the holding of the largest-ever cyber-security exercises this week. Computer security experts from five countries, more than 40 private sector companies, and numerous government and state agencies are spending...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, attack, computer, cyberattack, Government, network, NETWORKING, PRODUCTIVITY, SECURITY, SOFTWARE, telecommunications, Transportation, U.S. Department of Homeland Security; Research articles 2008-03-13

FAA worries on-board Net opens jets to cyberattack: WASHINGTON -- The government is enacting rules to stop a new kind of cyberthreat: a computer attack that could compromise the safety of the much-anticipated Boeing 787 Dreamliner. The Dreamliner, scheduled to go into service by the end of the year, is built with unprecedented on-board...; Tags: Boeing Co., computer, cyberattack, FAA, hacker, Hacking, PRODUCTIVITY, SECURITY; Research articles 2008-01-09
Penn student arrested in 'botnet' cyber-attacks: PHILADELPHIA -- A University of Pennsylvania student and a New Zealand hacker hijacked a university computer server last year, the FBI charged Thursday, part of an investigation into cyber-attacks called "botnets." The indictment of Ryan Goldstein, 21, of Ambler, is part of a larger international probe into the...; Tags: computer, cyberattack, FBI, Government, hacker, Hacking, PRODUCTIVITY, SECURITY; Research articles 2007-11-30
Russian hackers claim downing of Ukrainian president's website: KIEV AFP — Russian nationalists claimed on Tuesday to have hacked into and disabled the official website of Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko in a retaliation cyber attack. A group called the Eurasian Youth Union, whose leader is banned from Ukraine for having vandalised Ukrainian national symbols, said it had...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, attack, cyberattack, hacker, Hacking, INTERNET, president, SECURITY, Ukraine; Research articles 2007-10-30
Unisys accused of Homeland insecurity: Unisys Corp. is under fire by a congressional committee that alleges the Blue Bell company may have been responsible for cyber attacks and lax security standards in maintaining the Homeland Security Department's computer networks.Unisys strongly disputed the allegations.The computer-services company won a $1 billion contract in 2002 to build and...; Tags: computer, cyberattack, Hacking, PRODUCTIVITY, SECURITY, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Unisys Corp.; Research articles 2007-09-25
Chinese hackers form US military cyber attack plans: report: LONDON AFP — Chinese military hackers have drawn up a plan to disable the United States' battle carrier fleet through a cyber attack, British newspaper The Times said Saturday, citing a Pentagon report. The blueprint is part of a plan by Beijing to establish "electronic dominance" over its global...; Tags: China, cyberattack, hacker, Hacking, Pentagon, SECURITY; Research articles 2007-09-08
French government falls prey to cyber-attacks "involving China": PARIS AFP — French information systems fell prey to cyber attacks "involving China", similar to those reported by the US, British and German governments, a top French security offical told AFP on Saturday. "We have indications that our information systems were the object of attacks, like in the other...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, China, computer, cyberattack, Government, Hacking, ministry, PRODUCTIVITY, SECURITY; Research articles 2007-09-08
Several countries trying to hack into US military system: Pentagon: WASHINGTON AFP — Several nations and groups are trying to break into the US military's computer system, the Pentagon said Tuesday after reports China's military had successfully hacked into the network. The Chinese military's cyber-attack was carried out in June following months of efforts, the London-based Financial Times reported...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, attack, China, computer, cyberattack, Hacking, Pentagon, PRODUCTIVITY, SECURITY, U.S. Department of Defense; Research articles 2007-09-03
New Research Shows Cyber Attack Could Cost U.S. 50 Times More Than Katrina: New research from the U.S. Cyber Consequences Unit shows that the destruction from a single wave of cyber attacks on critical infrastructures could exceed US$700 billion -- the equivalent of 50 major hurricanes hitting U.S. soil at once. Scott Borg of the U.S. Cyber Consequences Unit says that this...; Tags: cyberattack, Hacking, National Defense University, SECURITY; Research articles 2007-07-31
Bush, Ilves eye tougher tack on cybercrime: WASHINGTON AFP — President George W. Bush on Monday highlighted the growing danger of cyberattacks, in a meeting with his Estonian counterpart Toomas Ilves, whose country recently was hit hard by the crimes. "We also talked about an interesting subject, and one that I can learn a lot about,...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, computer, cyberattack, Hacking, president, SECURITY; Research articles 2007-06-25
EU should class cyber attacks as terrorism: Estonia: TALLINN AFP — Estonia will propose at a meeting of European Union justice ministers next week that the bloc consider cyber attacks as "acts of terror", Estonian Justice Minister Rein Lang said Thursday. "We're inclined to view such things as acts of terror, just as the Americans view them...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, attack, cyberattack, Hacking, SECURITY, terror, terrorism; Research articles 2007-06-07
EU urged to deepen cooperation after Estonia cyber-attacks: STRASBOURG AFP — EU Justice Commissioner Franco Frattini called Tuesday for broader European cooperation to tackle cyber-attacks like those that have pounded Estonia this month. "We do need cooperation on that, we do need a strategy on prevention," he said, as he unveiled a new strategy drawn up by...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, cyberattack, Estonia, Hacking, SECURITY, Strategy; Research articles 2007-05-22
Cyber-attacks will 'become more of an issue': Negroponte: LONDON AFP — US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte said in an interview published Friday that cyber-attacks, such as the one unleashed on Estonia this week, will "become more of an issue" in the future. Estonia had urged its allies in the European Union and NATO to take...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, cyberattack, Estonia, Hacking, SECURITY; Research articles 2007-05-17
Cyber attacks force Estonian bank to close website: TALLINN AFP — Estonia's second-biggest bank, Swedish-owned SEB Eesti Uhispank, was forced Tuesday to block access from abroad to its online banking service after it came under "massive cyber-attack", an official said. "Massive attacks were launched at noon against our Internet bank, blocking access to our website," Silver Vohu,...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, bank, cyberattack, Estonia, Hacking, INTERNET, SECURITY; Research articles 2007-05-15
Estonia urges firm EU, NATO response to new form of warfare: cyber-attacks: TALLINN AFP — Estonia has urged its allies in the European Union and NATO to take firm action against a new mode of warfare that has been unleashed on the Baltic state in a bitter row with Russia over a Soviet war memorial: cyber-attacks. "Taking into account what has...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, cyberattack, Estonia, Hacking, NATO, SECURITY; Research articles 2007-05-15
Estonian hold suspect over 'cyber-attacks': TALLINN AFP — Police arrested Saturday a 19-year-old Tallinn resident who is suspected of involvement in a wave of attacks against Estonian computer servers. "The criminal police have detained the first person who stands accused in involvement in the recent cyber-attacks against Estonian servers," Kristiina Herodes, spokeswoman for the...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, attack, cyberattack, Estonia, Hacking, INTERNET, SECURITY, server; Research articles 2007-05-05