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Broad New Cyber Attack Detected

Submitted by CWZ on Sat, 02/20/2010 - 14:19

Hackers in Europe and China successfully broke into computers at nearly 2,500 companies and government agencies over the last 18 months in a coordinated global attack that exposed vast amounts of personal and corporate secrets to theft, according to a computer-security company that discovered the breach. A global hacking offensive has broken into U.S. companies and government agencies. Cyber attacks could soon be seen as a national security threat, WSJ executive editor Jerry Seib tells the News Hub. The damage from the latest cyberattack is still being assessed, and affected companies are still being notified. But data compiled by NetWitness, the closely held firm that discovered the breaches, showed that hackers gained access to a wide array of data at 2,411 companies, from credit-card transactions to intellectual property.

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Rootkit attack Atapi.sys

Submitted by CWZ on Sun, 02/14/2010 - 23:14

Windows Blue Screen of Death could be a rootkit infection caused by the Tdss-rootkit which surfaced in the year 2008.

It appears that the affected machines had the rootkit infection by the deployment of Microsoft patches. Researchers isolated the atapi.sys file. They say that the atapi.sys is a good target for a rootkit attack because the atapi.sys loads early in the boot process. Once infected it is hard to replace the atapi.sys file. And the file is known to be able to "defend"itself.

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The Liechtenstein case Germany set to buy Swiss tax evasion data

Submitted by CWZ on Sun, 02/14/2010 - 14:18

Swiss Interior Minister Didier Burkhalter criticized Germany for considering using stolen data to pursue tax evaders, but said his country was keen for stable relations with its larger neighbor.

Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said:"The decision has in principle been taken" to buy the data on some 1500 investors.

The cd contains details of hundreds of investors suspected of avoiding taxes via bank accounts in Switzerland.

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