Compiled by The Cyber Loop editor
The 70,000 Blogetery users could get blogs back: The U.S. war on terror may have inadvertently stripped as many as 70,000 people of their blogs, but those bloggers may get their work returned to them.
WikiLeaks ‘Snitch’ Hacker Faces Wrath of His Peers: The wanted-dead-or-alive posters described him as a “rat bastard.” Then there was the spitting and name-calling, things like Snitch! and A**hole!
Is open source Snort dead? Depends who you ask: Is Snort, the 12-year-old open-source intrusion detection and prevention system, dead?
Defcon social engineering contest stirs concerns: A capture-the-flag-style competition slated to take place at Defcon later this month has raised eyebrows at a number of companies who are concerned they will be embarrassed or negatively impacted in some way. CSO first reported the CTF challenge earlier this month in Defcon contest to spotlight social engineering.
Cybercrime: one in 10 computers vulnerable to attack: Cybercriminals are increasingly focusing on money, a new report suggests, and improved organisation means that “toolkits” have been developed to methodically infect PCs so that illegally obtained information can be bought and sold.
DoD Advisory Panel: Close Joint Forces Command To Free Funds: An influential Pentagon advisory board is proposing the elimination of contractor-heavy U.S. Joint Forces Command, a move that would save billions of dollars.
Huawei accused of corporate theft: Motorola has accused its own engineers of sending confidential documents to the founder of Huawei, and claims that the receiving company was well aware that the information was stolen.
Mariposa botnet suspects quizzed in Slovenia: Slovenian police have arrested four suspects over allegations that they developed the Mariposa botnet malware.
Motorola sues Huawei for trade secret theft: U.S. mobile phone maker Motorola Inc has sued China’s Huawei Technologies Co [HWT.UL] for alleged theft of trade secrets, highlighting the fast-growing Chinese firm’s difficulty in shaking the nation’s reputation for piracy.
The Battlefield Internet Sneaks Up On Everyone: One of the big changes in the American military in the last decade has been the emergence of the battlefield Internet.
Fake femme fatale shows social network risks: Hundreds of people in the information security, military and intelligence fields recently found themselves with egg on their faces after sharing personal information with a fictitious Navy cyberthreat analyst named “Robin Sage,” whose profile on prominent social networking sites was created by a security researcher to illustrate the risks of social networking.