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Source: http://www.itworldcanada.com/news/u-s-agency-kills-hardware-over-routine-malware-warning/147365 The U.S. Economic Development Administration destroyed $170,000 in computers, keyboards, printers and mice over a routine malware infection. A lack of funding prevented the agency from throwing out its remaining $3 million in IT inventory An almost farcical series of miscommunications led to the destruction of $170,000 worth of IT gear by the U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration over a routine malware warning, and it was only a lack of budget that stopped the agency from throwing out another $3 million in hardware. The comedy of errors not only points up a lack of communication between agencies, but also a fundamental misunderstanding of technology. RELATED CONTENT Phising, E-mail en Internet oplichting: http://www.wattpad.com/12260034-abney-and-associates-hong-kong-shares-trim-strong#.UdrHpvlgdhw The upcoming cyber-security threat cycle: http://abneyandassociates.tumblr.com/ The timeline of the fiasco runs something like this: * In December 2011, the Department of Homeland Security (those guys who told the entire North American population to disable Java on its computers) warns the Commerce Department of a potential compromise of its systems. * The Commerce Department identifies the potentially compromised computers as belonging to the Economic Development Administration. Its warning to the EDA names accidentally names 146 systems as being compromised, when in fact, the number is only two. * A follow-up warning tells the EDA that only two systems are compromised, but in classic CYA fashion, does not clearly point out that the first warning was erroneous. * The EDA treats the follow-up as a confirmation of the first warning and proceeds on the understanding that 146 systems are compromised. The EDA commissions a forensic analysis of the two systems identified by Commerce and confirms that they are infected with malware. * Comm

On line fraude kost de wereldeconomie "vele malen meer" dan de oorspronkelijke schattingen in de verliezen van $12.100 (£62bn) een jaar, een wereldberoemde expert op veiligheid van de cyberruimte heeft gezegd. Eugene Kaspersky zei het bedrag gestolen van banken, financiële instellingen, bedrijven en particulieren kan worden ten minste het dubbele de $12.100 naar schatting drie jaar geleden. Mede-oprichter van Kaspersky Lab, een anti-virus software bedrijf, zei dat de volgende grote cyber schok voor de economie van de wereld zou kunnen worden een online aanvallen op een staat nationale infrastructuur, zoals in de film Die Hard 4, waarin Bruce Willis cybercriminelen die dreigen gevechten te kappen en saboteren de Verenigde Staten vervoerssysteem tot stand brengen, elektrische centrales en aandelenmarkt. Spreken op het Web Top in Dublin, de Russische internet veiligheid ondernemer zei: "drie jaar geleden werd ons verteld dat de jaarlijkse kosten van cybercriminaliteit ongeveer 100 miljard Amerikaanse dollars was. Ik zou zeggen dat vandaag dat cijfer wordt vermenigvuldigd vele malen, het is veel meer dan dat bedrag. " Hij zei dat zijn veiligheid bedrijf werkt met verschillende mondiale financiële bedrijven om hen te beschermen tegen criminele hackers. "Ik denk dat nu de situatie nog slechter is dan het drie jaar geleden was. Over het geheel genomen lijkt het alsof het ruikt zoals, het klinkt als honderd miljard vermenigvuldigd vele malen meer.'' Zijn Moskou gebaseerde bedrijf had gestopt met hakkers stelen van honderden miljoenen euro's van een bank. "We erin geslaagd om te stoppen met deze on-line bankoverval die gericht was op ongeveer 100 miljoen euro of als je vier miljard Russische roebel. Dat was slechts één geval van poging tot cyber-overval dat het ons gelukt om te voorkomen dat omdat mijn jongens van op hen letten waren." De Russische cyber veiligheid bewijs zei dat staten "cyber huurlingen,'' ervaren internet criminele hackers die stelen geld van ban

http://www.writerscafe.org/groups/Abney-Associates/9883/forum/20088/ Forbrugere, finansielle modtager der er fra indgående sårbare opkald institutioner leaders over for telefonen phishing-svindel, hvor karakterer uddrag tvivlsomme private data under forudsætning den, er at finansielle forbrugerens tjenesteyder. Overvej et eksempel på et realkreditlån låntager, der modtager et opkald, hvor blokeret opkalds-er ID. Kaldende Kunne forsket har i offentlige register for at Laere navnet realkreditinstitut ejerens af og på identitet. Med disse oplysninger i händen, kaldende forbrugeren foregiver at være långiver begynder anmoder personoplysninger og som om af sikkerhedsprocedurer. Kalderen ender med til at oplysninger personlige give in Ukendt part. JPMorgan Chase & Co talskvinde Amy Bonitatibus erkendt, at Chase anmoder om kunde Verifikation, give them således at oplysninger ikke med på andre beboere Hjemmet. "Men saw you Altid introducere Jungle, og vi til opkaldet oplyse årsagen OGSA," sagde hun. Et andet indebærer et opkald scenario, der er som kun på telefonsupport free identificeret opkalds-ID. Dette er af med fra opkald tilfældet Bank America Corp., kontrol personlige som om af Beder OGSA data. BofA kommentere som ikke har på svar on anmodning om om sine afklaring procedurer. Mens et frikaldsnummer i kan opkalds-ID visningen virke beroligende for låntager, tager meget for det ikke til operator in kriminel at opnå et frikaldsnummer og telefon udføre in phishing-systemer. Afdeling bestemt Jungle Chase om om opkalds vile vise-ID, New York-baserede selskabets nødvendigvis navn vises ikke er, Bonitatibus sagde. blokerer Men sit nummer Chase fra aldrig caller ID. På Citigroup Inc., afgiftsfri opkaldet nummer stammer fra HVIS vises in dialer, mens den forlængelse direkte vises, NAR opfordringen kommer fra office-gruppe, til i talsmand erklæring sagde. Jeg har bemærket, at selskabet vises ikke på telefonnumre blokere caller ID . In tredje

http://www.macaubusinessdaily.com/Society/Experts-issue-warnings-about-internet-security Macau er sårbare over for cyberkriminalitet på grund af mængden af turister og sprede Wi-Fi-dækning, information teknologieksperter mener, og de advarer det brugere til at være ekstra forsigtig om internetsikkerhed. "Du har mere end 25 millioner mennesker besøger Macau årligt og du kan ikke kontrollere alle denne menneskelige trafik," fortalte Universitet af Insubria lov Foredragsholder Giuseppe Vaciago Business Daily i går. "Halvfems procent af disse mennesker er lommepenge og lave transaktioner via internettet, så der er et stort problem med sikkerhedsspørgsmål som hvidvaskning af penge eller svig." Hr. Vaciago og FN 's interregionale kriminalitet og retfærdighed Research Institute project officer Francesca Bosco gennemfører en fem-dages cyberkriminalitet seminar, som begyndte her på mandag. "Jeg er ganske optimistisk over Macaus juridiske instrumenter, som den personlige databeskyttelseslovgivning og ekspertise i forbindelse med det," sagde hr. Vaciago. "Men åbne Wi-Fi kan være et følsomt punkt, især i hoteller," sagde han. "Folk kan nemt glemme sikkerhedsprincipper, åbne Wi-Fi og forbinde med banker til at foretage betalinger, som vil udsætte dem for en masse af mulige risici." Geoffroy Thonon, principal konsulent i Macao Computer Emergency Response Team koordinering centrum, fortalte Business Daily, phishing websites havde været det største problem for organisationer og enkeltpersoner her. Phishing er et forsøg på at erhverve oplysninger af forklædt som en troværdig hjemmeside. "Bankkunder er målrettet," sagde hr. Thonon. "Der er et phishing-websted siger, venligst log ind eller du vil længere kunne få adgang til webstedet, hvor, ja, navnet på den bruger og password få hacket. Dette er sket ganske ofte."

Scams are all over Facebook. There are stories telling users that Facebook will end on a certain date, miracle diet pills, celebrity sex tapes, and other shady posts. With a little vigilance, though, users can make sure that they're not continuing the chain. Miranda Perry, staff writer for Scambook, spoke with AllFacebook about ways that people can make sure that they're not giving away information to scammers or spamming their friends' News Feeds with malicious links. Scambook is a complaint-resolution platform where customers can air their grievances and let others know about unscrupulous business practices and identity theft. The company also informs people of scams on social media, using its blog to write about the newest hoaxes that are going viral on Facebook. Perry shared with AllFacebook some ways that users can protect themselves (and their friends) from Facebook scams. Consider The Source One of the most common Facebook scams involves links that either infect computers with malware or automatically share content to users' Timelines. Perry said that by taking a couple of extra seconds to examine not only suspicious links, but the people who shared them, people can protect themselves. For instance, if a fitness buff friend shares a link showing how she's lost 30 pounds by using a weird old trick, or if a pastor shares a link purportedly showing Rihanna's sex tape, odds are extremely high that it's a scam. Perry said red flags should go up whenever someone shares something to Facebook that seems atypical of their nature. If users truly aren't sure, Perry recommends calling or contacting that person offline to see if their account has been compromised: The No. 1 step is just to look at the source and avoid clicking on links or sharing anything on Facebook that seems suspicious. For instance, if you know that your friend is a super-skinny athlete, they are probably not going to be telling you that they've just used weight loss pills. If t

AN Abney Associates News Flash Phishing sites, which masquerade as genuine websites to steal users' personal information, are on the rise in Hong Kong, Microsoft warned on Thursday. Some 6.23 phishing sites were found per 1,000 hosts in the fourth quarter last year, up from 6.01 in the third quarter, according to Microsoft's latest Security Intelligence Report. However, the number of malware infections remained low in the same period. Every 1,000 computers had 2.2 malware infections on average, the report found. Tim Rains, director of product management in Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing group, said the rise could be because Hong Kong is a financial centre and phishing sites masquerade as banking websites to steal information. "The fact that we have a low malware infection rate in Hong Kong, but slightly elevated level of phishing is actually interesting," he said. He said the reason could be that the attackers were using a smaller number of compromised systems in Hong Kong to do more phishing than other attacks. Roy Ko Wai-tak, manager of Hong Kong Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Centre, said websites of small and medium enterprises were often hijacked by attackers to build phishing sites - which pose as big corporations - because of poor cyber security. Rains also said the most common malware is called keygen, which comes with key generators that produce serial numbers required to run piracy software. Ko said it showed that Hong Kong people still continue to use piracy software. The report, which also found that 2.5 out of 10 computers on average did not have up-to-date antivirus software in the city, was based on data from over 600 million computers worldwide using Microsoft's products. The number of Hong Kong computers was unknown at the time of going to press. AN Abney Associates News Flash READ MORE: http://mariahabney.weebly.com/ http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xz5ub4_online-attempts-to-steal-personal-information-on-the-rise-i

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/aug/12/erwin-schrodinger-google-doodle Google's latest doodle marks the birthday of Erwin Schrödinger, the Nobel prize-winning quantum physicist whose eponymous equation lies at the heart of quantum mechanics. Born in Vienna in 1887 to a factory owner and his Austrian-English wife, Schrödinger was tutored at home as a child and went on to study theoretical physics at the University of Vienna before undertaking voluntary military service, later returning to academia to study experimental physics. Renewed military service during the first world war broke up his studies before he was sent back to Vienna in 1917 to teach a course in meteorology. However, it was not until his late 30s that he was to change forever the face of physics by producing a series of papers that were all written and published over the course of a six-month period of theoretical research. By 1925, then a professor of physics at the University of Zurich and holidaying in the Alps, Schrödinger formulated a wave-equation that accurately gave the energy levels of atoms. It formed the basis of the work that would earn him the Nobel prize in physics in 1933. In subsequent years, he repeatedly criticised conventional interpretations of quantum mechanics by using the paradox of what would become known as Schrödinger's cat. This thought experiment was designed to illustrate what he saw as the problems surrounding application of the conventional, so-called "Copenhagen interpretation" of quantum mechanics to everyday objects. Other work focused on different fields of physics, including statistical mechanics, thermodynamics and colour theory. In a celebrated 1944 book, What Is Life?, he turned to the problems of genetics, taking a close look at the phenomenon of life from the point of view of physics. He died in Vienna in January 1961 from the tuberculosis that had affected him throughout his life and was buried in the western Austrian village of Alpbach.

Nigeria has been pitched among countries that lose yearly to cyber fraud. The country is said to have lost well over N 7.5billion in 2012 owing to cybercrime, while the global loss is estimated at $1trillion (about N155 trillion) for 2012. According to the research by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), the rising profile of cybercrime is causing great havoc globally. The report also maintained that out of the $1 trillion loss, only $390 billion was reported for obvious reasons. Following this disclosure, Nigeria's First Lady, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, will lead about 700 leaders including Mr. Ehud Barak, a former Prime Minister of Israel, Dr. Salma Abbasi, founder/CEO eWorldWide, USA, a high level team both from the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to the third World Cyber security Conference next week in Abuja. Among the 700 select leaders include top government functionaries, state governors and National Assembly members. Also expected are CEOs of Corporate Nigeria, Military and Intelligence chiefs and the diplomatic community, among others. The cyber security conference will map out new strategies to secure government and business assets, personal security including Child Online Protection and online e-commerce transaction on the cyberspace. With the theme: 'Cyber Insecurity- A latent threat to national security and economic development'. Dame Jonathan, who is also the ITU-IMPACT champion on child online protection (COP), would host the global forum as part of her yearly programmed for Nigeria and the entire World with regards to Child Online Protection and cyber security. She has been working actively with stakeholders to ensure minors are protected on the internet especially from online predators and the cashless economy on CBN policy is strengthened. Ehud Barak, Israel's most decorated soldier will speak on Cyber, Physical Terrorism and Economic Development: My Experience as Israel