FBI security consultant Laura Chappell talks to ZDNet Australia about cyber threats for 2002, how script kiddies and junior hackers can bring down your network, why there is safety in grey hair, and how to train hackers without losing them to the ‘dark side’.
While warnings pervade government and the media, doomsday scenarios of cyberterrorism that result in massive deaths or injury remain largely the stuff of Hollywood scripts or conspiracy theory.
Groups of online vandals and hackers are split over how to respond to this week's terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon, with some Internet vigilantes calling for an assault on perceived terrorist sites and others pleading for calm.
Governments from all around the globe are engaged in a virtual war where the weapons are hackers and trojans and the prizes for winning a battle include corporate secrets and disruption of the enemies IT infrastructure.
The FBI has launched a full-scale criminal investigation to apprehend the vandals who crippled at least eight Web sites in a series of cyber attacks over the last three days.
The worst part of SoBig.F may not be that it is spreading quickly and bogging down networks. Several antivirus companies have discovered that this worm carries a hidden Trojan.
Security expert Bruce Schneier argues that constant vigilance, not technology, is the best defence against computer break-ins.
Security expert Bruce Schneier argues that constant vigilance, not technology, is the best defence against computer break-ins.
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