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Hacker attacks on healthcare organizations double
SecureWorks reported that attempted hacker attacks launched at its healthcare
clients doubled in the fourth quarter of 2009. Attempted attacks increased from
an average of 6,500 per healthcare client per day in the first nine months of 2009
to an average of 13,400 per client per day in the last three months of 2009.
(www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=8780)
Digital fingerprints to identify hackers
How can you retaliate against a cyber attacker if you don't know who he is? As
we have witnessed lately, attribution of an attack is quickly becoming one of
the biggest problems that the US defense and cyber security community are
facing at the moment. DARPA, the agency of the US DoD responsible for the
development of new technology for use by the military - and of the Internet -
will be starting Cyber Genome, a project aimed at developing a cyber equivalent
of fingerprints or DNA so that the hacker can be conclusively identified.
(www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=8784)
IE vulnerability offers your files to hackers
Jorge Luis Alvarez Medina, a security consultant working for Core Security, has
discovered a string of vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer that make it possible
for an attacker to gain access to your C drive - complete with files, authentication
and HTTP cookies, session management data, etc.
(www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=8793)
Tor Project infrastructure breached, users advised to upgrade
Tor users have been advised to upgrade to Tor 0.2.1.22 or 0.2.2.7-alpha, following
a security breach that left two of the seven directory authorities compromised
(moria1 and gabelmoo). According to Roger Dingledine, Tor's original developer
and current Director, another new server has been breached along the previously
mentioned two, but it contained only metrics data and graphs.
(www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=8756)
Criminal found through World of Warcraft
It seems that law enforcement agencies are getting more creative
with ways of leveraging dug up information about wanted
criminals. Using the knowledge of a previously seemingly inconsequential
detail such as a game that the suspect is addicted to,
Matt Robertson, a sheriff's deputy from Howard County has
been able to zero in on the location of a man that has run off to
Canada to avoid getting arrested and charged for dealing with controlled substances and marijuana.
(www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=8667)
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