2008 « Waterfall Security Solutions

Hackers Have Attacked Foreign Utilities, CIA Analyst Says

In a rare public warning to the power and utility industry, a CIA analyst this week said cyber attackers have hacked into the computer systems of utility companies outside the United States and made demands, in at least one case causing a power outage that affected multiple cities. "We do not know who executed these attacks or why, but all more

Britain ‘under constant attack in cyberwar’

The Government has warned a cyberwar is being waged against Britain with key computer networks coming under attack every day. Lord West of Spithead, the Security Minister, said a mixture of state-sponsored hackers and "those operating at a terrorist level" regularly tried to break into key networks such as banking, electricity and telecommunications. more

IT chiefs warn of cyber-terrorism threat

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) — The threat of cyber-terrorism is growing and most countries are vulnerable to attacks that can shut down critical infrastructure, global experts told a conference here Tuesday. "The hard reality is that (information technology) has become a tool for cybercrime and cyberterrorism," said Hamadoun Toure from the United Nations' more

U.S. at risk of cyber attacks, experts say

The next large-scale military or terrorist attack on the United States, if and when it happens, may not involve airplanes or bombs or even intruders breaching American borders. Instead, such an assault may be carried out in cyberspace by shadowy hackers half a world away. And Internet security experts believe that it could be just as devastating to the more

Cyber Incident Blamed for Nuclear Power Plant Shutdown

A nuclear power plant in Georgia was recently forced into an emergency shutdown for 48 hours after a software update was installed on a single computer. The incident occurred on March 7 at Unit 2 of the Hatch nuclear power plant near Baxley, Georgia. The trouble started after an engineer from Southern Company, which manages the technology more

Hacking SCADA for terrorism and destruction

SCADA scares me, and I’ve seen enough things on the Internet to be desensitized to many things, but attacks against SCADA threaten our national security in a very real and topical way by attacking power grids, water treatment plants, nuclear plants, etc. Hacking networks that SCADA devices reside on and using that access to interact with the SCADA more

Trend Micro: Antivirus industry lied for 20 years

Chief executive Eva Chen argues antivirus companies have over-hyped the effectiveness of their products, and misled customers, for years Eva Chen, chief executive of Trend Micro, has strong views about how effective the antivirus industry has been over the past 20 years. According to Chen, the security industry has over-hyped how effective its products more

America’s Hackable Backbone

The first time Scott Lunsford offered to hack into a nuclear power station, he was told it would be impossible. There was no way, the plant's owners claimed, that their critical components could be accessed from the Internet. Lunsford, a researcher for IBM's Internet Security Systems, found otherwise. "It turned out to be one of the easiest penetration more

Electricity Grid in U.S. Penetrated By Spies

WASHINGTON -- Cyberspies have penetrated the U.S. electrical grid and left behind software programs that could be used to disrupt the system, according to current and former national-security officials. The spies came from China, Russia and other countries, these officials said, and were believed to be on a mission to navigate the U.S. electrical more

Hole Found in Protocol Handling Vital National Infrastructure

Systems that control dams, oil refineries, railroads and nuclear power plants have a vulnerability that could cause a system takeover, according to a recent research report. Researchers on March 21 announced that the systems which control dams, oil refineries, railroads and nuclear power more

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