Computer Repair and Security News
February, 2007
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February 28, 2007- PC Virus Doctors reported this story on a blog this morning and now some of the resources have "disappeared" from websites originally reporting the story. South Korean hackers attempting to hide their identity flooded 3 of 13 top domain servers in an attempt to bring down the servers responsible for directing traffic to the top level domain .org controlled by the company UltraDNS. Some of the root servers are operated by the U.S. Department of Defense that are the internet's primary oversight body.
A similar attack occurred in 2002, however, with the latest attack, hardly anyone noticed as the same 13 servers were slammed like the earlier attack but now the servers distribute their load around the globe.
February 23, 2007- The Japanese National Police agency reported a 40% increase in cybercrime for 2006 in a newly released report. The crimes mostly involved fraud from online internet auctions. Phishing also is a major problem in Japan where IBM reports that the country was ranked number two in 2006 for hosting phishing sites.
Dallas Computer Repair NewsFebruary 20, 2007- www.FCW.com, Federal Computer Weekly, has reported that China is the latest cyber threat to the United States, according to Naval Network Warfare Command. Netwarcom is reporting that it is an all out war with hundreds of attacks occurring daily. One of the United States Navy Officials speaking on conditions of anonymity said the attacks have reached a campaign-style warfare where it is force-on-force engagement.
The official said that it is believed the Chinese Government is behind the attacks because of the level of sophistication. The attackers are using spear phishing where they try to lure Dept. of Defense (DoD) employees into clicking on malicious URLs. The hackers also are using multi-pronged attacks and traditional methods with trojans and worms with a new twist where they will plant a virus then distract the monitor while another attack comes in "slow and low". The anonymous official said that the coordination between the various military cyber resources will be ongoing as they consolidate.
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Dallas Computer Repair is bringing out it's old slogan that did not make it in the new webdesign to do its fair share of Public Announcements. "For National Security, Protect Your Computer". Let's not let enemy Nations attack our citizen's computers to then be used to attack our own military installations.
February 16, 2007- Firefox has announced it has a flaw in its browser that allows phishing sites to appear authentic due to cookie swapping by a malicious website.
Solution: Be extra cautious to ensure you are on the authentic site!
February 15, 2007- Once again an exploit has been detected in Microsoft Office where an unspecified error when parsing Word documents can be exploited by malicious people to cause memory corruption.
Solution: Do not open unfamiliar Word Documents.
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February 14, 2007- The FBI has admitted recently that it has lost laptops and do not know if the information was confidential or classified. The Veterans's Administration (VA) has also admitted it has lost hard drives that may contain confidential doctor's information along with veterans records.
Solution: Secure the hard drives with encryption.
February 2, 2007- PC Virus Doctors' Dallas Computer Repair is partnering with the Federal Government' FTC Identity Theft Program to stop cyber thieves. In order to combat cyber criminals and step up computer security, Dallas Computer Repair will organize online data for its customers to use in case of cyber attacks on their computers where their identity and personal information is compromised and stolen. The information will allow PC VD customers to help prevent identity theft and quickly report cyber identity thefts following the necessary steps to stop the thieves and restore customer problems.
For National Security
Protect YOUR Computer!
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