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Security official denies ISF asked for passwords [The Daily Star, Beirut, Lebanon]
Equities.com Reports that the ISF' Information Branch was seeking this information prompted unease about privacy, but some Internet security experts are casting doubt on whether the ministry would be able to collect this Internet data or would have the capacity to … |
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Virus plunges Lebanon into cyber war [Daily Star, The (Lebanon)]
Equities.com "The discovery of Gauss indicates that there are probably many other related cyber-espionage malware in operation," Kaspersky Labs reported Thursday. "The current tensions in the Middle East are just signs of the intensity of these ongoing cyber war … Gauss malware: Nation-state cyber-espionage banking Trojan related to Flame … Gauss: Stuxnet-like cyber-espionage toolkit targets Middle East banks Cyber Surveillance Virus from Mideast Can Spy on Bank Transactions |
 The Daily Star |
Virus plunges Lebanon into cyber war
The Daily Star BEIRUT: Over the past 11 months, eight sophisticated digital virus strands have targeted computers across Lebanon. The viruses are surreptitiously infiltrating the operating systems, mining the computers' data for account information and then sending … Gauss Spyware Infects Lebanon Cyber Surveillance Virus from Mideast Can Spy on Bank Transactions Gauss: Yet Another State-Sponsored Virus? |
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Internet security bill supporters scramble to overcome GOP opposition before …
Minneapolis Star Tribune WASHINGTON – The Senate could leave town this week for a monthlong break without passing legislation to protect the U.S. electrical grid, water supplies and other critical industries from cyberattack and electronic espionage. Congressional sponsors of … Convoluted Cybersecurity Act gets voted down in the Senate Senate Internet Security Bill Falls to Partisan Rancor Beefing up Web security |