Global Cyber News Bits, August 17, 2009 from CommunityDNS.
Provided by CommunityDNS, the information in this post consists of news items in the security-based Internet community.
Georgia Cyberattacks Linked to Russian Organized Crime
A year ago the country of Georgia was hit with an organized cyber attack that strategically targeted 54 Georgian Web sites just prior to Russia launching its military attack. The cyber attacks began before the first news came of the Russian military attacks on Georgia. While it appears the Russian government did not conduct the cyber attack it appears the cyber attacks were initiated through civilian Russian nationalists with low-level encouragement from the Russian government. The targeted sites benefited the Russian military. It also appears constraint was used as Georgia’s critical infrastructure, accessible through the Internet, was not touched. It is thought that in the future the loose coordination between the Russian government and civilian Russian nationalist hacker groups will become Russia’s preferred method of operation for initiating cyber attacks.
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Growing Up, and Growing Fast: Kids 2 – 11 Spending More Time Online
Interesting statistic from a newly released, US-centric report from Nielsen Online states that 9.5% of all online users are from ages 2 to 11. This is an 18% increase since 2004. By comparison the total growth of active Internet users grew by 10% during the same time period.
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Facebook phishers cast multiple lines
Hackers are trying new avenues to snare Facebook users. This time their phishing tricks are tricking users into believing they are looking at apps run on Facebook!
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China, Malaysia scale back censorship; Vietnam steps it up
Previous CommunityDNS News Bits have reported on China and Malaysia scaling back their censorship efforts. Vietnam, however appears to be stepping up their filtering efforts. The Vietnamese government is only interested in filtering sites that provide pornographic or obscene content. However, it has been noticed the Catholic websites have recently been blocked following Catholic protests within the country.
Sites other than Vietnam and China that provide filters for its citizens include Burma, Cuba, North Korea, Egypt, Iran Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Another country that recently attempted to use Websense to block traffic, until Websense refused was Yemen.
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Broadband Growth Falls Sharply in the U.S.
Citing the economy with lower housing starts and nearly 75% of all homes already have broadband, the number of new service accounts fell by more than 50% when comparing the second quarter of 2008 with the second quarter of 2009. To attract new users and increase sales for broadband providers, the providers are having to look at providing increased speeds.
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