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Chinese breaking into classified network
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| In earlier cases, Trojans and viruses also
| have been introduced that halted the use of
| flash drives on Defense Department
| computers.
|
| While it remains unclear whether the
| Chinese have developed algorithms that
| would allow penetration systems that are
| Top Secret or beyond, it cannot be ruled
| out, since the Chinese have developed super
| computers capable of developing encryption
| and decrypting codes.
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http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=169365
Recent:
Holes in the machine
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| Conficker spreads through a security vulnerability in the Windows Server
| Service that allows a carefully written program to persuade the attacked
| computer to run malicious code instead of the Microsoft-written software.
|
| Once installed it turns off Windows Automatic Update and stops you using the
| Windows Security Centre. It disables a range of internal services that could
| be used by anti-malware programs, blocks access to a number of anti-virus
| websites and even resets and deletes system restore points so you can't go
| back to an uninfected installation of your operating system.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7946574.stm
BBC Click paid cybercrooks to buy botnet
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| BBC Click used the botnet of 22,000 machine to send spam to webmail addresses
| it established and launch a denial of service attack against a test website
| by security firm PrevX which advised on the investigation. It then changed
| the wallpaper on compromised machines with a message of its own, advising
| affected users to clean up.
|
| The BBC reckons its actions were legal, but specialist technology lawyers
| contacted by El Reg disagreed. Struan Robertson, editor of out-law.com and
| legal director at solicitors Pinsent Masons, said that the BBC's actions were
| likely to have breached the unlawful access provision of the Computer Misuse
| Act, the UK's anti-hacking law. He added that there was no public interest
| defense against CMA offences.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/16/bbc_botnet_bought/
BBC zombie caper slammed by security pros
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| A controversial BBC Click documentary which involved researchers obtaining
| access to a botnet and sending spam is due to screen this weekend despite a
| growing storm of criticism.
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| Security experts - including McAfee, a firm whose representatives appear in
| the programme - have described the exercise as misguided and unnecessary.
| Legal experts contacted by El Reg reckon the show potentially breaches the
| unauthorised modifications provisions of the Computer Misuse Act, the UK's
| computer hacking law.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/13/bbc_botnet_analysis/
BBC programme broke law with botnets, says lawyer
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| A BBC programme has broken the Computer Misuse Act by acquiring and using
| software to control 22,000 computers, creating a botnet capable of bringing
| down websites. A technology law specialist has said that the activity is
| illegal.
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http://www.out-law.com/page-9863
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