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Kaspersky Lab partners with INTERPOL to combat cyber crime and cyber threat

“Kaspersky Lab, a leading developer of secure content and threat management solutions and the INTERPOL Global Complex for Innovation (IGCI) Singapore have bonded together to combat cyber crime and cyber threat. This was according to Eugene Kaspersky, CEO and co-founder of Kaspersky Lab, who announced on Tuesday the meeting he had with Ronald Noble, INTERPOL Secretary General, and Noboru Nakatani, IGCI Executive Director that was held at Kaspersky Labs headquarters in Moscow recently.”I am most pleased with the outcome of this meeting. I have been pushing for the creation of what I used to call an 'Internet-INTERPOL' for over a decade now, at last it has finally come to pass,” Kaspersky said….”

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Hackers follow business shift to cloud computing

“Security experts warn cloud computing in Australia is becoming an increasingly appealing target for hackers as businesses rapidly take up the technology. Tapping the online cloud is fast becoming the service mode of choice for many big Australian businesses, with nearly half of them using the technology. Instead of cables and computers crowding company offices, reams of information floats online….”

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ISC StormCast for Monday, March 26th 2013 http://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail.html?id=3205, (Mon, Mar 25th)

(c) SANS Internet Storm Center.

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IPv6 Focus Month: IPv6 over IPv4 Preference, (Mon, Mar 25th)

Initially, most IPv6 deployments will be Dual Stack. In this case, a host will be able to connect via IPv4 and IPv6. This brings up the question which protocol will be preferred, and if multiple addresses are possible, which source and destination address are used.

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ISC StormCast for Monday, March 25th 2013 http://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail.html?id=3202, (Sun, Mar 24th)

(c) SANS Internet Storm Center. http://isc.sans.edu Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License.

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Lacking international support, Syria's rebel hackers are losing the cyber war

“On Syrias digital battlefield, hackers loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad are defeating the rebels' cyber militias.

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Former Cal State San Marcos Student Admits Stealing Passwords of 745 Individuals

“Matthew Weaver, aged 22, a former student of California State University San Marcos, has admitted stealing the identities and passwords of 745 students in an attempt to influence campus elections. According to U-T San Diego, in March 2012, Weaver was running for president of the campus student council.

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IP controls dont address the real cause

“The Copyright Alert System (CAS), or the six strikes program, is a recent intellectual property policy in the United States enacted by several copyright holders such as Time Warner and AT&T. At the outset, the program seems to be a reworked response to the failed the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect Intelectual Property Act (PIPA) last year.

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Muslim hackers target US banks in third round of cyberattacks

“Muslim hackers in the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Cyber Fighters launched the third phase of their Operation Ababil campaign against US-based banks on Wednesday, making further demands that the YouTube video Innocence of Muslims be removed from the web. Known to many as the Muslim world's Anonymous, Izz ad-Din issued an ultimatum on Tuesday that their distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks against American banking institutions would continue unless insults against the Prophet Mohammed were removed from YouTube. …”

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NBC.Com Back Online After Hackers Knocks Out Service

“NBC. com, the primary website for Comcast Corp. (CMCSA)s NBC television network, was restored to normal service after being attacked by hackers….”

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