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Mailprotector
Mailprotector Holiday Gift Ideas
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If you’re wondering what to get your favorite IT security practitioner this holiday season then let me suggest the Bruce Schneier action figure. This guy is the GI Joe of the crypto and IT security world. I’m not sure if his action figure comes with a kung fu grip, though.
Mailprotector Was the FAA a Cyberwar Casualty?
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The FAA computer systems had a major glitch on Thursday. It lasted about 5 hours and impacted all flyers causing cancellation and massive delays.
Mailprotector New Blog Post: 2 arrested for links to the Zeus Trojan
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A couple of 20 year olds were arrested by the Metropolitan Police Service of Manchester for violating the 1990 Computer Misuse Act and the 2006 Fraud Act. They had configured the Zeus Trojan, a.k.a. Zbot, ...
Mailprotector New Blog Post: Spammers Going Viral for Swine Flu
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You’ve seen the spam for Viagra, Cialis and other modern-day wonder drugs. Well, there’s a new kid on the block. Spammers have now figured out they may be able to scam you out of your hard earned cash by scaring you about the Swine Flu pandemic, or H1N1.
Mailprotector New Blog Post: Mega-D Spam Bot Taken Down
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The Mega-D botnet was disabled last week by a team of white hat hackers. It may have had up to a quarter million infected machines under it’s control before it was disrupted. The botnet was estimated to be responsible for a third of the world’s spam output. ...
Mailprotector New Blog Post: The Brits are raising a Cyber Army!
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The UK is going all out against state-sponsored hackers and are in the process of recruiting a cyber army. Baroness Crawley says the Cyber Security Operations Centre (CSOC) will be located at GCHQ in Cheltenham and will have an initial staff of 19. ...
Mailprotector New Blog Post: Cyber War Threat
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Today’s Washington Post shows how aggressive the Chinese have been in probing US systems and interests. There have been reports in the past that the Chinese have trained North Koreans in advanced hacking techniques. ...
Mailprotector New Blog Post: Happy Birthday! Computer Virus turns 26
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Today marks the 26th birthday of the computer virus. On November 10th 1983 Fred Cohen, a University of Southern California graduate student, provided a proof-of-concept during a security seminar at Lehigh University. 26 years later the computer virus is still going strong.
Mailprotector New Blog Post: Cybersecurity Dashboard Planned by Federal CIO Kundra
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Vivek Kundra, federal CIO, outlined plans for new cybersecurity metrics and a dashboard for tracking progress in testimony to Congress. “Historically, the federal government has not been as effective ...
Mailprotector New Blog Post: NSA To Build $1.5 Billion Data Center
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The National Security Agency (NSA) will soon break ground in Utah for a new cyber security data center that’s budgeted at $1.5 billion. The NSA facility will provide cybersecurity intelligence and warnings as well as provide support to defense and civilian agency networks.
Mailprotector New Blog Post: Trojan Lurking in Facebook
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Security researchers recently found a Trojan that uses Facebook to communicate with its command and control server. The Trojan malware is being spread via e-mail through “documents (PDF, or MS Office ...
Mailprotector New Blog Post: Homeland Security Opens Cyber Security Center
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Senator Joe Lieberman recently announced the opening of a new Cyber Center. Homeland Security spent about $9 million for the new center. It will help better coordinate the government’s response to cyber attacks. ...
Mailprotector New Blog Post: Facebook Awarded $711M in Case Against “Spam King”
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Facebook won a victory against a notorious spammer on October 29th when a federal judge awarded them $711 million. The judge found the spammer Sanford Wallace guilty of violating the Can-Spam Act as well as a restraining order. ...
Mailprotector New Blog Post: Nigeria Shuts Down 800 Scam Websites
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Nigeria’s anti-corruption police have shut down 800 scam websites and busted 18 syndicates of email fraudsters. “Over 800 fraudulent e-mail addresses have been identified and shut down,” Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) boss Farida Waziri said. ...
Mailprotector New Blog Post: Dept. of Homeland Security expanding their IT Security Team
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Just in case you haven’t heard the economy has been in a bit of a rough patch. Everyone has been tightening their belts. Well, here’s a ray of sunshine. The Department of Homeland Security has been authorized ...
