Jan 31
Times EnemyChina, security China, insecure news
China bugs and burgles Britain
A restricted report by the security service MI5 describes how China has attacked UK companies in a concerted hacking campaign
David Leppard
From The Sunday Times January 31, 2010
THE security service MI5 has accused China of bugging and burgling UK business executives and setting up “honeytraps” in a bid to blackmail them into betraying sensitive commercial secrets.
A leaked MI5 document says that undercover intelligence officers from the People’s Liberation Army and the Ministry of Public Security have also approached UK businessmen at trade fairs and exhibitions with the offer of “gifts” and “lavish hospitality”.
Jan 29
Times Enemysecurity insecure news, power plants
A Daily Tech article reports Power Plants Report Increase of Foreign-Based Attacks.
The article is below:
Power Plants Report Increase of Foreign-Based Attacks
Michael Barkoviak – January 29, 2010 6:20 AM
Cyber attacks against power plants and other vital infrastructure may be higher than previously believed
A new study [PDF] that interviewed power plant operators and other “critical infrastructure” indicates more than 50 percent of all U.S. power plants have had to deal with an increase in cyber attacks.
Security company McAfee funded the research, speaking with 600 IT managers and executives from 14 different nations.
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Jan 28
Times Enemysecurity insecure news, nmap, open source, port scanning
Did I mention there was an update? Bug fixes are good, but a little annoying at times. Check out the changelog since 5.20.
To download nmap check out the same bat url.
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Jan 28
Javiersite news SEOMire.com
For a while the idea of leaving SEOMire.com a pure SEO site, or to allow various types of posts to be published here has been tossed around. It is frustrating to me, and must be to anyone reading this blog, to have so few posts to read, especially about SEO. So, after pondering the pro’s and con’s, the decision to open SEOMire.com up to “other topics” was made.
It is hoped that this decision is looked upon as an improvement to SEOMire.com rather than otherwise.
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Jan 28
Times Enemysecurity insecure news, nmap, open source, port scanning
Nmap 5.20 was released a couple days ago, and there are noticeable improvements to be enjoyed!
Thank you Fyodor and to the nmap coders, testers and such!
Check out the Release notes for specifics about the update. And of course, to download nmap go to the nmap.org site or your repository of choice.
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Jan 27
Times Enemysecurity insecure news, politics, wire tapping
It is in the news today that four men entered a U.S. Federal Building with the intent to wire-tap a Democratic Senator’s telephones. I listened to the story on the radio, read several articles online, and each time the same thought has gone through my mind … proper planning prevents piss poor performance. The odd thing in this story is that one of the people involved should know better.
Here are the stories from the Wall Street Journal and The New York Times:
Wall Street Journal: Senator’s Phones Allegedly Targeted
Jan 21
Times EnemyChina, news, security China, insecure news, news
This seems like an interesting timeline which could be used as a spring-board for a more thorough Timeline(s).
PRC Gov Responses to Hacking Allegations – Timeline
Published by jumper under China internet, Other attacks, UK Attacks, US attacks
All dates represent the date the article was published, not necesarily the date that the quote was made.
July 26, 2004
In response to accusations that the Chinese government was involved in computer intrusions against ROK government agencies
“Some media reports that the Chinese government might be behind the hacking incident are groundless” – Chinese Embassy in Seoul (no personal attribution)
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