A Graph of the Increase in Computer Security Jobs Posted Online
via Forbes
Visualizing Botnets via Unveillance
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CYBER-ATTACK!? Who told? U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is on the case!
KAL’s cartoon: this week, some history.
Cloudflare CEO: AT&T Voicemail Hack Key To Compromise
Loose security protecting voice mailboxes at mobile carrier AT&T provided a key element necessary to successfully hack the Google Enterprise Apps account of tech firm CloudFlare, according to an account of the hack posted by CEO Matthew Prince.
Infographic via Cloudflare
Flame Malware C&C Timeline
Infographic via OpenDNS
Background:
“Researchers at Kaspersky Lab, domain registrar GoDaddy and OpenDNS have taken steps to cut off Internet access for machines infected with the Flame worm. In the process, the researchers say they uncovered a large and complex command and control infrastructure of more than 80 Web domains and collected clues that put the origins of Flame as early as 2008.”
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Make sure you also check out Threatpost’s reporting on the White House push to better mitigate botnets.
An unprotected machine is fodder for botnets. Don’t let the bad guys kidnap your computer or those of the ones around you.
Exploring ‘The Deep Web’
The Deep or Invisible Web consists of the parts of the Internet that are not reported by normal search engines. Researches claim that standard search engines index only a small portion of the overall web, the remaining parts of which remain largely unknown.