Global Cyber News Bits, October 22, 2009 from CommunityDNS

22Oct09

Provided by CommunityDNS, the information in this post consists of news items in the security-based Internet community.

China Expands Cyberspying in U.S., Report Says

A Congressional commission, formed in 2000 to investigate security implications of growing trade with China, found China’s efforts of extracting close to $40 to $50 billion worth of intellectual property from the US. The main target of this cyber espionage is that of defense technology.

Due to the sophisticated and targeted nature of the attacks, it is believed China is directly behind the effort as the information is specific and not something easily sold on the open market.

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FBI and SOCA plot cybercrime smackdown

As reported in yesterday’s News Bits, the FBI, in conjunction with other foreign groups that deal with cyber crime are stepping up their efforts to curb organized cyber crime. The following story illustrates the extent to which cyber crime has become organized.

The Russian Business Network (RBN) was one such target. While eventually brought down it was discovered the RBN had, in its pocket, the local police, local judiciary and the local government of St. Petersburg. While surpassing all of the hurdles placed in their way the RBN was eventually brought down, however no prosecutions were made. The RBN is believed to have resurfaced under a different business model.

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CRTC to allow telecoms to throttle web traffic but with new rules

Canadian views on Net neutrality are that it’s OK for network providers to throttle back traffic when necessary.

Under claims that telecoms used their power to throttle certain web usage the CRTC decided to implement stricter rules on when throttling may occur.

First of all, it is the CRTC’s preference that carriers invest in their network so capacity problems are not an issue. However, if capacity issues arise carriers can:

• Manage traffic by placing higher charges for heavy users of the Internet instead of limiting traffic.

• Throttling traffic only after retail customers receive at least 30 days notice while wholesale customers receive at least 60 days notice.

It was also noted that ISPs, who sell their broadband services in bulk to wholesalers can’t discriminate between the wholesaler and the ISP’s own customers.

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Europe Paves Way for Three-Strikes Style ISP Disconnection Policy

The EU Parliament appears to be backing down to a more general form of legislation regarding illegal download of copyrighted material. The original, favored proposal was to have potential abusers disconnected from the Internet only after a judicial ruling. The new amendment drops the judicial ruling opening the way for ISPs to disconnect users without having a prior judicial review.

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Pacnet addresses broadband demand in Asia

Connecting, through undersea cable, Hong Kong, China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines and Singapore, Pacnet is working to address the increased need for capacity by upgrading the Asian undersea cable network with an additional 3,600 Gbps of capacity.

The need for increased bandwidth comes from the increasing amount of digital content created in Asia. A 48% compound annual growth rate is expected between 2009 and 2015.

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The broadband adoption dilemma

With approximately 96% of American households having access to broadband services, roughly 33% choose not to subscribe to broadband. The FCC would like to understand what is preventing people from converting to broadband. Of the 33% who choose not to subscribe, a sizable portion of those 33% who use the Internet do so through dialup.

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