Post Tagged with: "Cyberattack"
Japan parliament hit by China-based cyberattack
Computers in Japan’s lower house of parliament were hit by cyberattacks from a server based in China that left information exposed for at least a month, a report said Tuesday. Passwords and other information could have been compromised in the attacks, which began in July but were not reported to security authorities until the end [...]
Cyberattacks on South Korea-US a test run: McAfee
Cyberattacks on US and South Korean military websites in March may have been a test by North Korea or sympathizers, according to a report released Tuesday by computer security firm McAfee. “We believe this incident… has very clear anti-Korean and anti-US political motivations,” McAfee said in a report titled “Ten Days of Rain.” “The combination [...]
Infrastructure cyberattack fears on the rise: study
Cyber threats such as Stuxnet pose an increasing risk to critical infrastructure worldwide but many facilities are unprepared to face the danger, according to a report released on Tuesday. “We found that the adoption of security measures in important civilian industries badly trailed the increase in threats over the last year,” said Stewart Baker of [...]


