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Originally posted by RUR:
Case, who never saw a cell phone?

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The Feds told Obama's aides in late August that the McCain campaign's computer system had been similarly compromised. A top McCain official confirmed to NEWSWEEK that the campaign's computer system had been hacked and that the FBI had become involved.

Officials at the FBI and the White House told the Obama campaign that they believed a foreign entity or organization sought to gather information on the evolution of both camps' policy positions"”information that might be useful in negotiations with a future administration. The Feds assured the Obama team that it had not been hacked by its political opponents. (Obama technical experts later speculated that the hackers were Russian or Chinese.) A security firm retained by the Obama campaign took steps to secure its computer system and end the intrusion. White House and FBI officials had no comment earlier this week.

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The researchers says the system - called GhostNet - sent e-mails that introduced malware into host computers, which in turn fed information back to servers located on the Chinese mainland.

"The GhostNet system directs infected computers to download a Trojan (horse) known as ghOst RAT that allows attackers to gain complete, real-time control," the authors write in Tracking GhostNet: Investigating a Cyber Espionage Network.

"Our investigation reveals that GhostNet is capable of taking full control of infected computers, including searching and downloading specific files, and covertly operating attached devices, including microphones and web cameras."

What began as a case study of allegations of Chinese spying, centering on Tibetan institutions, turned up a network of nearly 1,300 "infected hosts" in 103 countries, including the Dalai Lama's private office and the Tibetan Government in Exile.

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NSA SPIED ON A MEMBER OF CONGRESS
NYT: Agency Tried Wiretapping Lawmaker Without A Warrant... Was Believed To Be In Contact With Extremist Who Had Possible Terrorist Ties... NSA Intercepted More Private Emails, Phone Calls In Recent Months Than Legally Allowed

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Originally posted by Newro:
Network Attack Weapons Emerge

Enter a new generation of attack devices that is packaged to be brought into the battlefield and used by non-specialists to penetrate satellites, voice over internet networks, and supervisory control and data acquisition systems. - hack by numbers or attack of the script monkeys?

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Originally posted by Boogerhead:
Oh I can't wait for the street to find some uses for that shit.

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Some cracks are quick, but require injecting a lot of data into the network, which makes the attack noisy and easy to trace. Others are very passive and slow--taking a couple of days or even months . But no one is aware of the intrusion. A passive dictionary attack can find passwords such as common English words, names or birthdays, but it is considered a brute force attack.

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Microsoft has offered a $US250,000 ($290,000) reward for information leading to the identification of the individuals

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The WINS service vulnerability affects Windows NT, 2000 and 2003 servers.

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Originally posted by Bictaker:
That said, if your internal virus DATs are outdated by some 6 months, then i assume they have poor IT staff, a shite support contract and/or low workforce moral.