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NATO Enters Estonia-Russia Cyber Battleground

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

After three weeks of coordinated cyberattacks on Estonian Web sites, NATO has reportedly sent an official to the country to help investigate. About 1 million computers worldwide were reportedly used to conduct the denial-of-service attacks on Estonian government and corporate Web sites, swamping them with so much traffic they were forced to shut down. Traffic…

Cyber G-Men Plot to Bust Bots

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

The FBI is launching a new initiative in the cyber crime wars, taking on the criminal organizations — the so-called “botherders” — that have gathered under their control compromised or zombie PCs. The bot herders’ purpose is to send out malware or spam and phishing campaigns over the Internet that cannot be traced back to…

NATO Rallies to Thwart Global Cyber Bullies

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Following the massive cyberattacks against the Baltic country of Estonia in April, NATO on Thursday asserted that cyberdefense must now be a priority among member nations. Several defense ministers, including Estonia’s, raised the issue during a meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, and all 26 alliance members agreed that a new focus on cyberdefense…

Web of Terror, Part 1: Extremists Take to the Net

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

There’s no denying that the Internet has changed the world for both good and bad, but few elements of its dark side inspire more fear than its use by terrorists. Observers around the world were horrified when a video of the 2002 beheading of American journalist Daniel Pearl was disseminated on the Web, and other…

Cybercrime Costs US Economy at Least $117B Each Year

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Cybercrime has become a threat to the nation’s economic and security interests, according to a report released Monday by a Congressional research and investigation agency. Cybercrime in its various forms — computer crime, identity theft and phishing — costs the U.S. economy some US$117.5 billion a year, reported the Government Accountability Office (GAO). “These projected…

Adorable Orwellian Cartoon Cops Patrol Beijing’s Internet

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

In an attempt to combat what it views as illicit activities, the Chinese government announced Tuesday it will deploy two virtual police officers to patrol the Internet, according to reports from the state-run China Daily. The cartoon cops, one male and one female, will hit theirbeat Saturday and will be on duty 24/7, safeguarding Beijing’s…

China Denies US Accusations of Cyber-Espionage

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Hackers associated with the Chinese government broke into the Pentagon’s computer systems earlier this summer, according to a report in the Financial Times. The London-based paper, which cited anonymous sources in the current and previous administrations in its article, said officials believe the People’s Liberation Army were behind the incursions, which could have lasted as…

MS Squashes Outlook, SharePoint Bugs in Patch Tuesday Fixfest

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Microsoft kept to its schedule in rolling out its October “Patch Tuesday” updates, which included four “critical” fixes — two deemed “important” — that in total address nine flaws. The security updates range from crucial patches for the Kodak Image Viewer to Microsoft’s Outlook Express and Windows Mail applications to Word to an RPC (remote…

The Increasing Complexity of the New Spyware Landscape

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Spyware was originally designed to observe users’ Internet patterns and deliver pop-up ads based on their individual browsing and shopping preferences. Now, although pop-up ads continue to be a nuisance, hackers are far more focused on spyware as crimeware: computer programs designed expressly to facilitate illegal activity online. This change in approach is largely due…

Kategori: Cybersecurity