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Chalana Perera

Experts work to untangle cyber attacks (MSNBC) - 0 views

www.msnbc.msn.com/...echnology_and_science-security

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shared by Chalana Perera on 14 Apr 10 - Cached
  • zombie’ computers
  • hackers may have simply used zombie computers
  • digital battlefield
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  • 100,000 zombie computers linked together in a network known as a "botnet."
  • basic hack job
  • blizzard of digital requests
  • federal government is still very vulnerable in terms of its cyber security and that agencies have miles to go to plug the holes.
  • intrusion problem."
  • fast-spreading e-mail worm from 2004 called "MyDoom
  • malware also appears to contain a destructive Trojan designed
  • Chalana Perera on 14 Apr 10
     
    This article discusses the US ad South Korean research into suspected cyber attacks from North Korea on private and govt websites in the two countries. It discusses the programs used, the impacts and effects and how the attack takes place from one computer, creates a network through botnets and installs malware into thousands of computers which then send repeated requests, simultaneously to the same website, attacking it.
anonymous

Facebook, Fake ID, Effects (Info World) - 0 views

www.infoworld.com/...id-fraud-and-dark-side-web-916

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shared by anonymous on 19 Apr 10 - Cached
  • anonymous on 19 Apr 10
     
    Talks about the security implications of web 2.0, including identity management and privacy concerns. The legal effects of faking an account in web 2.0 has been adressed as "the dark side," due to the seriousness, and immediate effects if someone is caught doing it.  The Internet is just another form of human expression, so it's subject to human imperfection like any other conduit," said Chris Alden, CEO of blogging company Six Apart, who was on the panel with executives from Facebook and the South Korean Internet giant Daum Communications.
Chalana Perera

BBC NEWS | UK | UK Politics | UK surveillance plan to go ahead - 2 views

news.bbc.co.uk/...8350660.stm

SOCIAL privacy control equality policies people IT SYSTEMS int systems comm sys IMPACT business politics ITGS

shared by Chalana Perera on 21 Nov 09 - Cached
  • asking firms to retain information on how people use social networks such as Facebook.
  • More communication via computers rather than phones Companies won't always keep all data all the time Anonymity online masks criminal identities More online services provided from abroad Data held in many locations and difficult to find
  • recognition of the role of data in protecting the public
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  • Communications data is crucial to the fight against crime and in keeping people safe. It is a highly technical area and one which demands a fine balance between privacy and maintaining the capabilities of the police and security services
  • The Home Office says it wants to change the law to compel communication service providers (CSPs) to collect and retain records of communications from a wider range of internet sources, from social networks through to chatrooms and unorthodox methods, suc
  • ecret security services have legal powers in the UK to intercept communications in the interests of combating crime or threats to national security.
shazad rouf

Designing an Internet for kids - CNN.com - 1 views

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shared by shazad rouf on 24 Aug 09 - Cached
  • The goal is to be both educational and entertaining. So KidZui has mapped out 8,600 channels of what kids are interested in, ranging from photosynthesis to Miley Cyrus. And we relate all of those categories to each other so kids can independently and safely browse, search and share.
    • shazad rouf
      shazad rouf on 09 Sep 09
       
      Social and ethnical issues: control; security Parents can easily control kids from going to bad sites.
  • Our goal with KidZui is to focus on the light, not the darkness. Of course, we keep all of the bad content and the bad people out of KidZui. But we focus on letting kids who want to discover, who want YouTube, to get YouTube videos that are fun and appropriate for them ... I think it is indicative of just how much kids want to be online.
  • Our goal with KidZui is to focus on the light, not the darkness. Of course, we keep all of the bad content and the bad people out of KidZui. But we focus on letting kids who want to discover, who want YouTube, to get YouTube videos that are fun and appropriate for them ... I think it is indicative of just how much kids want to be online.
    • shazad rouf
      shazad rouf on 09 Sep 09
       
      Areas of impact: Health, Education, Arts, entertainment and leisure
shazad rouf

Free parking for all? Smart parking meters hacked - CNN.com - 0 views

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shared by shazad rouf on 23 Aug 09 - Cached
  • San Francisco launched a $35-million pilot project in 2003 to deploy smart meters around the city in an effort to thwart thieves, including parking control officers who were skimming money from the meters.
    • shazad rouf
      shazad rouf on 23 Aug 09
       
      social and ethnical issues: security (positive)
shazad rouf

Online career matchmaker helps MBAs land jobs - CNN.com - 0 views

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shared by shazad rouf on 23 Aug 09 - Cached
  • "Even though the economy is not as bad as it used to be, we are still seeing a good uptake. Our traffic is still going strong," Larizadeh says.
    • shazad rouf
      shazad rouf on 23 Aug 09
       
      areas of impact: business and employment
  • Four years and a round of venture capital funding later, what started as a hobby designed to help friends share career information has turned into a network with approximately 600,000 members.
    • shazad rouf
      shazad rouf on 23 Aug 09
       
      social and ethnic issues: security
  • Schools like The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and Duke University's Fuqua School of Business have formed partnerships with Doostang that enable their students to access the network's premium job listings for free.
    • shazad rouf
      shazad rouf on 23 Aug 09
       
      IT systems in a social sytem: Communication system
ajay tambay

Forecasting Malicious Internet Attacks - 0 views

www.technologyreview.com/...23998

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shared by ajay tambay on 19 Aug 09 - Cached
  • cyberspace is dominated by it
    • ajay tambay
      ajay tambay on 19 Aug 09
       
      IT Systems - Internet
  • Today, computer scientists outline a new way of predicting the next attack so that you can block it in advance.
    • ajay tambay
      ajay tambay on 19 Aug 09
       
      Social - Security
  • Last year, computer scientists began exploring a potentially more effective approach: predicting the sites most likely to attack and blocking them in advance. The technique, called highly predictive blacklisting, uses data from past attacks to create a network-type graph out of the pattern of links between victims .
    • ajay tambay
      ajay tambay on 19 Aug 09
       
      Impact - Business, education
Joe Chiverton

Credit and Debit cards stolen worth 130m - 0 views

news.bbc.co.uk/...8206305.stm

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shared by Joe Chiverton on 19 Aug 09 - Cached
  • Mr Gonzalez, who had once been an informant for the US Secret Service helping to track hackers, is already in custody on separate charges of hacking into the computer systems of a national restaurant chain and eight major retailers, including TJ Maxx, involving the theft of data related to 40 million credit cards.
    • Joe Chiverton
      Joe Chiverton on 19 Aug 09
       
      This is why i put Social issues as security. As he used to work for the government trying to find hackers, therefore knowing how everything works.
anonymous

Gangs are stealing taxpayers' passwords and submitting claims for false tax returns them. - 0 views

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shared by anonymous on 19 Aug 09 - Cached
  • Gangs are stealing taxpayers' passwords and submitting claims for tax refunds to be paid to them, HM Revenue and Customs has warned.
    • Salman Rushdi
      Salman Rushdi on 19 Aug 09
       
      Impact: Politics- Stealing against the law
  • details via the internet.
    • Salman Rushdi
      Salman Rushdi on 19 Aug 09
       
      Comm Sys: Via Internet
  • They then used these details to make fraudulent repayment claims, requesting funds be sent to other bank accounts.
    • Salman Rushdi
      Salman Rushdi on 19 Aug 09
       
      Security. Authenticity.
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  • ugh the self-assessment repayments system has been disc
Jeewon Yoon

Technology Review: Blogs: arXiv blog: How to Forecast Malicious Internet Attacks - 0 views

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shared by Jeewon Yoon on 19 Aug 09 - Cached
  • Today, computer scientists outline a new way of predicting the next attack so that you can block it in advance.
    • Jeewon Yoon
      Jeewon Yoon on 19 Aug 09
       
      Social Security
  • The technique, called highly predictive blacklisting, uses data from past attacks to create a network-type graph out of the pattern of links between victims . It then runs a Google PageRank type algorithm for each victim looking for the most relevant attackers.
    • Jeewon Yoon
      Jeewon Yoon on 19 Aug 09
       
      IT Systems Communication systems
Alex David

Hackers hit Twitter and Facebook - 0 views

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shared by Alex David on 19 Aug 09 - Cached
  • in January this year Twitter announced that 33 accounts had been hacked, including those belonging to US President Barack Obama and singer Britney Spears.
    • Alex David
      Alex David on 19 Aug 09
       
      Social & Ethical issues- security , privacy& anonymity
  • Denial-of-service (DOS) attacks take various forms but often involve a company's servers being flooded with data in an effort to disable them.
    • Alex David
      Alex David on 19 Aug 09
       
      II Systems- Communication Systems
  • Twitter was taken offline for more than two hours whilst Facebook's service was "degraded", according to the firms.
    • Alex David
      Alex David on 19 Aug 09
       
      Areas of impact- "Politics & government" & "Arts, Entertainment & Leisure"
Omkar Naik

BBC NEWS | UK | Small town 'online crime hotspot' - 0 views

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shared by Omkar Naik on 09 Sep 09 - Cached
  • Last year, 24% of all internet purchases there were made using stolen credit card details, according to security company The Third Man.
  • Durham Police say investigations are being hampered because people are told to report fraud to their banks first.
  • Shildon, in the DL area, is a former industrial town with a population of 10,000, and police believe that just one or two people may be responsible for the crime wave.
Omkar Naik

Hacking firms one click ahead of law - 0 views

www.theage.com.au/...head-of-law-20090907-fecd.html

SOCIAL IT SYSTEMS IMPACT security privacy comm sys int systems politics business

shared by Omkar Naik on 09 Sep 09 - Cached
  • For $US100, the website provided Cioni, then living in northern Virginia, with the password to her boyfriend's AOL email account. For another $100, she got her boyfriend's wife's password. And then the password of another girlfriend and the boyfriend's children.
  • Federal US law prohibited hacking into email, but without further illegal activity it was only a misdemeanour, said Orin Kerr, a law professor at George Washington University.
  • All the services advertise that they will email a screenshot of the target's inbox or even send an email from the target's account as proof that they've cracked the password. The customer then sends payment. One service then responds with the script of a scene from a Shakespeare play, with the stolen password hidden in the copy.
Rafae Wathra

Ecommerce Security Issues (E-commerce Digest) - 0 views

www.ecommerce-digest.com/ecommerce-security-issues.html

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shared by Rafae Wathra on 10 Feb 10 - Cached
  • Rafae Wathra on 10 Feb 10
     
    This article explains how online transactions can be protected.
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