Cyberspace, initially the invention of science fiction, has become a fact of everyday life. Digitised documents, business transactions and information exchange have highlighted the need for cyberspace security.
In 2007, the Untied States Air Force set up Cyberspace Command (AFCYBER). In the spring of 2008, the European NATO members addressed the issue. On May 14, Estonia signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Germany, Italy, Spain, Slovakia, Lithuania and Latvia, in which the seven countries agreed to fund and man a cyber-defence research and training centre in Tallinn.
This new expansion of the war zone was to be expected. After human beings settled dry land, they set their eyes on the seas, using them for military purposes. Several thousand years later, they moved the war to the air, with tethered aerostats, dirigibles and then airplanes designed to carry weapons long before they started transporting passengers and cargo.
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Researchers have witnessed a growing trend in phishers hacking into legitimate Websites to host their phishing exploits, enabling them to keep their attacks alive longer.
In a blog post today, F-Secure’s Sean Sullivan noted a series of so-called ‘hack-and-pier’ phishing exploits that had been reported to phishing clearinghouse PhishTank.
“Instead of setting up their own sites, we’re seeing more and more evidence of phishing from hacked sites; legitimate sites that are unknowingly hosting phishing,” Sullivan blogged. “And then the site cannot simply be pulled offline without collateral damage to the legitimate business. So the Website’s administrator must be contacted to repair the damage.”
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Google is now sharing details on why its automatic search deems certain Websites risky.
The search giant this month quietly added a new, free service called the Safe Browsing Diagnostic Page that tells whether a site flagged by Google as potentially dangerous is hosting malware, or helps distribute malware, for instance.
Google’s new diagnostics service provides information about any bad behavior by the site within the past 90 days. The idea is to give owners of the compromised Websites more information to assist in their remediation and cleanup of the site, and to provide users more information on why the site has been flagged.
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