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Eurostat: Czechs least affected by Internet security problems – Prague Post

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Prague Post

Eurostat: Czechs least affected by Internet security problems
Prague Post
This information Internet security is issued by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, on the occasion of the Safer Internet Day (Feb. 9 2016). This event is organized each year to promote safer and more responsible use of online …
Cypriots relatively unconcerned over internet securityCyprus Mail
Quarter of EU internet users affected by security issuesTelecompaper (subscription)

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At least 700,000 routers given to customers by ISPs are vulnerable to hacking

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More than 700,000 ADSL routers provided to customers by ISPs around the world contain serious flaws that allow remote hackers to take control of them.

Most of the routers have a “directory traversal” flaw in a firmware component called webproc.cgi that allows hackers to extract sensitive configuration data, including administrative credentials. The flaw isn’t new and has been reported by multiple researchers since 2011 in various router models.

Security researcher Kyle Lovett came across the flaw a few months ago in some ADSL routers he was analyzing in his spare time. He investigated further and unearthed hundreds of thousands of vulnerable devices from different manufacturers that had been distributed by ISPs to Internet subscribers in a dozen countries.

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Microsoft says it freed at least 2 million computers from criminal botnet – NDTV

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Microsoft says it freed at least 2 million computers from criminal botnet
NDTV
Microsoft and the FBI, aided by authorities in more than 80 countries, on June 5 sought to take down 1,400 malicious computer networks known as the Citadel Botnets by severing their access to infected machines. Microsoft's Digital Crimes Unit is …

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Raytheon Wins Cyber-War, Missile Contracts Worth at Least $105 Million – DailyFinance

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Raytheon Wins Cyber–War, Missile Contracts Worth at Least $ 105 Million
DailyFinance
This contract aims to design and develop a "runtime environment" for executing "cyber operations mission scripts" — beginning to standardize how cyber warfare operations might be conducted in the future. Raytheon's involvement in this contract will be …

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