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Taiwan Government websites suffered DDoS attacks during the Nancy Pelosi visit

Security Affairs

Taiwan government websites were temporarily forced offline by cyber attacks during the visit to Taipei of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Major Taiwan government websites were temporarily forced offline by distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks attacks during the visit to Taipei of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

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Symantec uncovered the link between China-Linked Thrip and Billbug groups

Security Affairs

The targets of the two groups show significant overlap, Billbug also targeted organizations many military and government organizations in South Asia since at least January 2009. Billbug is a long-established espionage group, active since at least January 2009. “What ties the two groups together is the Sagerunex backdoor.

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North Korea-linked APT group BeagleBoyz targets banks

Security Affairs

This threat actor has been active since at least 2009, possibly as early as 2007, and it was involved in both cyber espionage campaigns and sabotage activities aimed to destroy data and disrupt systems. Government refers to this team as BeagleBoyz, who represent a subset of HIDDEN COBRA activity.” ” reads the alert.

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China planted tiny chips on US computers for cyber espionage

Security Affairs

China used tiny chips implanted on computer equipment manufactured for US companies and government agencies to steal secret information. In 2009 the company announced a development partnership with In-Q-Tel Inc. , government.” ” continues the report. This portfolio made Elemental a target for foreign adversaries.”

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U.S. Internet Leaked Years of Internal, Customer Emails

Krebs on Security

has a business unit called Securence , which specializes in providing filtered, secure email services to businesses, educational institutions and government agencies worldwide. and cityoffrederickmd.gov , the website for the government of Frederick, Md. The Minnesota-based Internet provider U.S. Internet Corp. ” U.S.

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Predictions 2009

John Battelle's Searchblog

That's because Q4 08 was so damn bad, Q4 09, rife as it will be with government stimulus, will look much better. It will also struggle to find an answer to the question of how it diversifies its revenue in 2009. Tied to #3 above, Microsoft will gain at least five points of search share in 2009, perhaps as much as 10.

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Belgium telecom operators Proximus and Orange drop Huawei

Security Affairs

Orange Belgium is using Huawei equipment since 2007 for its mobile network in Belgium and Luxembourg, while the collaboration between Proximus and the Shenzhen-based company started in 2009 for the progressive upgrading of its network.