Category Archives: Internet

Zeus: Bank Account Stealing Trojan Virus Spreading on Facebook

Be careful what links you click on Facebook. A gang of international cybercrooks has resurrected a six-year-old Trojan virus named Zeus, using it to harvest personal information and drain unsuspecting victims’ bank accounts. 

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Google and NASA Snap up D-Wave Quantum Computer

D-Wave, the small company that sells the world’s only commercial quantum computer, has just bagged an impressive new customer: a collaboration between Google, NASA and the non-profit Universities Space Research Association. 

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A Hack-Proof Internet Exists, Thanks to Quantum Physics

Leave it to the quantum physicists at Los Alamos National Labs to have run for the past two years something that sounded like science fiction: a quantum Internet that promises perfectly secure online communications. 

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IE8 Exploit Had US Nuke Workers in Its Sights

Security researchers revealed that series of “Watering Hole” has been conducted exploiting a IE8 zero-day vulnerability to target U.S. Government experts working on nuclear weapons research.

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Syria drops off the Internet

It looks like internet access into and out of Syria has been deliberately shut down. 

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Pentagon Paying China — Yes, China — To Carry Data

Chalk this one up to the you kidding Right??  The Pentagon is so starved for bandwidth that it’s paying a Chinese satellite firm to help it communicate and share data. 

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Yahoo Corporate sharpening it’s forcus with an AXE!

Yahoo announces major shut down of many of their services.

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WordPress Security Suggestions.

Well with all of the news recently regarding WordPress Hacker and Hacking using Brute Force Methods.  A couple folks have ASKED, what are the BEST methods for protecting your site.  

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Anonymous ‘hacks’ North Korea social network accounts

The hacking collective Anonymous has said it has been “hacking” and vandalising social networking profiles linked to North Korea. 

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Global internet slows after ‘biggest attack in history’

The internet around the world has been slowed down in what security experts are describing as the biggest cyber-attack of its kind in history. 

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