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davidh
October 24th, 2009, 09:28 PM
Report says China ready for cyber-war, espionage
The Northrop Grumman report links attacks on U.S. government and contractors to China
By Robert McMillan , IDG News Service , 10/23/2009
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Citing U.S. Air Force data from 2007, the report says at least 10 to 20 terabytes of sensitive data has been siphoned from U.S. government networks as part of a "long term, persistent campaign to collect sensitive but unclassified information." Some of this information is used to create very targeted and credible phishing messages that then lead to the compromise of even more computers.
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In a typical targeted attack, the victim receives an email message containing a maliciously crafted office document as an attachment. It might be disguised to look like the schedule or registration form for an upcoming conference, for example. When it's opened, the zero-day attack executes and cyberthieves start collecting information that might be used in future campaigns.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/102309-report-says-china-ready-for.html


FBI chief barred from online banking by wife
Domestic surveillance
By Austin Modine • Get more from this author
Posted in Crime, 8th October 2009 19:41 GMT
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The FBI chief said he quickly changed all his passwords and tried to pass the incident off to his wife as a "teachable moment." But she replied: "It is not my teachable moment. However, it is our money. No more internet banking for you!"
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/10/08/fbi_robert_mueller_commonwealth_club_speech/

I think we need a NEW kind of security program, "the nagging spouse wizard". Sort of like Windows UAC combined with Big Brother.

OTOH ...
Windows 7 UAC [relaxed] Security Feature Raises Concerns
By: Brian Prince
2009-10-23
The User Account Control feature in Microsoft Windows 7 is irking some in the security community who say Microsoft may have traded security for usability.
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Windows-7-UAC-Security-Feature-Raises-Concerns-743055/?kc=rss