Internet Crime Complaint Center’s (IC3) Scam Alerts December 29, 2011

ic3.gov This report, which is based upon information from law enforcement and complaints submitted to the IC3, details recent cyber crime trends, new twists to previously-existing cyber scams, and announcements. POPULAR PASSWORDS An Internet site who manages passwords recently posted an article pertaining to the lack of secure passwords being utilized which may be a [...]

Cameramaker Red claims espionage

variety.comIn a saga worthy of a Hollywood thriller, allegations of email hacking and industrial espionage have surfaced in the camera industry in a lawsuit filed by digital camera maker Red against rival Arri. In the suit filed Dec. 21 in federal court in Orange County, Calif., Red accuses Arri of stealing technical details and development [...]

Wiretap suits OKd against U.S., not telecoms

sfgate.com The nation’s telecommunications companies can’t be sued for cooperating with the Bush administration’s secret surveillance program, but their customers can sue the government for allegedly intercepting their phone calls and e-mails without a warrant, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday.In a pair of decisions, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco [...]

U.S. Headed For Cyberwar Showdown With China In 2012

forbesThe new year is likely to bring a distinct shift in U.S. national security priorities, as the Obama Administration and Congress sharpen their response to China’s continuous assault on U.S. information networks.  Although intelligence-community analysts believe the most sophisticated intrusions are being executed by a relatively small number of agents linked to the general staff of China’s Peoples [...]

2012 Will See Rise in Cyber-Espionage and Malware, Experts Say

pcworld.com The security industry expects the number of cyber-espionage attacks to increase in 2012 and the malware used for this purpose to become increasingly sophisticated. In the past two years there has been a surge in the number of malware-based attacks that resulted in sensitive data being stolen from government agencies, defense contractors, Fortune 500 [...]

Chinese Computer Hackers Hit U.S. Chamber of Commerce

foxnews WASHINGTON –  A group of hackers in China breached the computer defenses of America’s top business-lobbying group and gained access to everything stored on its systems, including information about its three million members, according to several people familiar with the matter. The break-in at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is one of the boldest known infiltrations [...]

Chinese hackers hit Boston Scientific

massdevice.comBoston Scientific is one of 760 firms hit by China-based cyber attacks.Med-tech titan Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX) was one of 760 companies hit by Chinese cyber attacks that also targeted U.S. government agencies, research universities and Internet providers. It’s not clear whether the Natick, Mass.-based medical device maker lost any sensitive information in the attack. “We’re [...]

The Spy Who Hacked Me

infosecurity-magazine.comJames Bond was more of a jock than a nerd, and he probably wouldn’t have known how to use a computer, says Danny Bradbury. How things have changed… It was perhaps the first time that evidence had publicly emerged linking the Chinese with specific cyberwarfare and espionage practices. A Chinese documentary, The Internet Storm Is Coming, [...]

China ‘Incredibly Aggressive’ in Cyber Theft

cnbc.comChina is stealing online information from the United States and feeding the data to homegrown companies for commercial benefit, Michael Hayden, Former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency said at the Black Hat Technical Security Conference in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday. He pointed out that as an intelligence officer, he was “impressed” with the sophistication [...]

Government Investigates Cellphone Wiretapping

theatlantic.comAs the government begins an investigation into Carrier IQ’s cell phone-tracking software, memories of its own wiretapping scandal resurface“Spy on unsuspecting Americans? That’s our job,” you can imagine federal officials indignantly declaring as they investigate cell-phone tracking by the mobile software company, Carrier IQ. The National Security Agency began secret, illegal surveillance of our phone calls and Internet activities [...]