UFC 1337: Google vs. China
To the surprise of most everybody who read this, Google has grown a pair in the fight for free speech and against internet censorship. Well.. at least they say they are..
…the attempts over the past year to further limit free speech on the web–have led us to conclude that we should review the feasibility of our business operations in China. We have decided we are no longer willing to continue censoring our results on Google.cn, and so over the next few weeks we will be discussing with the Chinese government the basis on which we could operate an unfiltered search engine within the law, if at all. We recognize that this may well mean having to shut down Google.cn, and potentially our offices in China.
This comes after the apparent attack upon Google and other American organizations originating from China.
In mid-December, we detected a highly sophisticated and targeted attack on our corporate infrastructure originating from China that resulted in the theft of intellectual property from Google. However, it soon became clear that what at first appeared to be solely a security incident–albeit a significant one–was something quite different.
As of the time I wrote this post Google.cn is still up, so no preemptive praise just yet. I’m going to be interested to hear what else pops up about this story in the near future.
Some other insight so far:
RSnake
Rep. Eshoo Responds to Attack on Google
Cheers,
Matt
Morning all! Giving Dave a break today since he has been so good lately. This is probably our last post on here for a while with the holidays and all so I hope you all have a happy, healthy, and safe vacation. For those of you who don’t get off of work I hope you make the best of it!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Matt
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And now, the news…
- Serious web vuln found in 8 million Flash files – The Register
- INTEL expose server login dates, passport and credit card dates -Unu
- Howard A. Schmidt, ex-Bush official, tapped as White House cyber security coordinator – NY Daily News
- Reports of SQLi on Yahoo India – Hack Forums
- Reactivating DECAF in Two Minutes – Praetorian Prefect
- Former Morgan Stanley Coder Gets 2 Years in Prison for TJX Hack – Threat Level
- The Top 10 Security Threats of 2009 – Reuters
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Morning all! Finally writing you from my own living room rather than a hotel or airport. Hope you all are doing well and enjoyed the glorious patch Tuesday. I’m excited for Shmoocon, how about you?
Anyway… news…
Signed,
Matt
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And now, the news…
- New OSSEC Released – OSSEC
- WACA – Web Application Configuratino Analyzer – PenTestIt
- ‘Fake fingerprint’ Chinese woman fools Japan controls – BBC
- December Microsoft Patch Tuesday Roundup – Rapid 7
- Security updates available for Adobe Flash Player – Adobe
- Reseracher Demonstrates Pentagon XSS Vulnerability – SC Magazine
- CSRF Isn’t Just For Access – Skeptikal
- Cloud Based Wireless Password Crack Service Launches – InfoSecurity US
- Insider Threat is Happening – Dark Reading
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Morning all! Traveling like a mad man the past few weeks, I’m currently writing you from the sunny west coast. I’ll be traveling a bit further east tomorrow to Nevada to visit family for Thanksgiving. So take your time reading these links because they will have to last you until next week!
I hope all your holiday travels go safely and smoothly and you come back a few pounds heavier (I know I will).
Signed,
Matt
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And now, the news…
- The Meaning of Metrics – Layer 8
- Shodan the Computer Search – Room 362
- Day after Thanksgiving: Hoff Friday – Pauldotcom
- New Facebook worm – don’t click da’ button baby! – AVG Blogs
- Will Social Engineering Become the Biggest Risk – Soical Engineer
- Aggressive malware attack disguised as Flash player upgrade – Helpnet Security
- CSI Annual Report: Financial Fraud, Malware On The Increase – Dark Reading
- The Insider Threat Checklist – BusinessWeek
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Morning all! Sorry to be so spotty lately on posts, I’ve been on the road a lot (flying out again today!). I hope you all miss me as much as I miss you.
Keep on keepin’ on.
Matt
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And now, the news…
- Metasploit Framework 3.3 released! – Metasploit
- Offensive Security Exploit Archive Goes Live – Security Active
- Flash Origin Attack FAQ – Skeptikal
- OWASP 2009 AppSecDC Thoughts – Digital Soapbox
- ICSA Labs Report – New School Security
- Cyberwarfare: The Issue China Won’t Touch – TIME
- How To Hack A Brazilian Power Company – Dark Reading
- Hackers indicted for 12-hour ATM attack that netted $9 million – Scientific American
- DNS Rebinding for Credential Brute Force – ha.ckers
- Reusable Code: The Mason Jars of Security – threatpost
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Morning all! Sorry I’m running a bit late this morning, been one helluva week. I hope you all are enjoying amazing weather as I am in New York. Time to go outside and drink my coffee.
Signed,
Matt
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And now, the news…
- Microsoft: Vista Infected 62% Less Often Than XP – Network World
- Symantec Uncovers Scheme to Use Facebook to Relay Commands to Trojan – EWeek
- New Ransomware Variant Features Novel Payment SC Magazine
- Microsoft Report: Worms Rise, New Vulnerabilities Decline – Dark Reading
- Dutch hacker holds jailbroken iPhones “hostage” for €5 – Ars
- The Reality Behind Facebook Ads – Mckeay
- Cracking Passwords in the Cloud – Electric Alchemy
- We need to do more than raise the bar – Developing Security
- FBI Says ‘Money Mule’ Scams Now Top $100 Million – Threat Level
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Morning all! Everybody update their Firefox? Good. I finally got around to installing Windows 7 and so far so good. I’m still happier with Ubuntu but that is just me.
Also very excited about the Droid Hopefully I’ll have a chance to pick it up when it comes out. Looks very promising.
Anywho, news!
Signed,
Matt
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And now, the news…
- Orange County California Medicaid Members at Risk – SC Magazine
- India’s new IT law increases surveillance powers – Network World
- SF Bay Area News: Random Hacks of Kindness @ HackerDojo – November 12, 2009 – Random Hacks of Kindness
- Twitter phishers are after your password – Sophos
- Phishing trends according to the Anti-Phishing Working Group – Net Security
- Bank Trojan botnet targets Facebook users – CNet
- Opera 10.01 fixes severe security problem – Net Security
- Black Box vs. White Box: Youare doing it wrong – Jeremiah Grossman
- Enterprise Open Source Intelligence Gathering – Part 2 Blogs, Message Boards and Metadata – Spylogic
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Morning all! Hope your week is going well. I’m lucky I remembered what day it was. Wheeeeeee!
Signed,
Matt
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And now, the news…
- Former Anti-Virus Researcher Turns Tables On Industry – Washington Post
- From Pizza Delivery to ATM Hacker to Criminal in Two Years – Infosecurity Magazine
- Facebook Spam Contains Trojan – SC Magazine
- Announcing the Release of the Enhanced Mitigation Evaluation – Technet
- Cisco to buy cloud security firm for $183 million – CNet
- 2010 Predictions: Will social media reach ubiquity? – ZDnet
- Internet Phone Systems Become the Fraudsters Tool – PC World
- Free Microsoft security tool locks down buggy apps – The Register UK
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Morning all! Metasploit was bought eh? Sorry for the overload of links on that topic I just think it is all important news.
Have a good weekend folks!
Signed,
Matt
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And now, the news…
- Cyber Attacks Smite Atheist Websites – SMH
- Understanding How Secure Your Medical Information Is And Who Has Access To It – I’ve Been Mugged
- RSA Europe 2009 Day 1 Recap – Infosec Ramblings
- Opinions of a Contributor to Metasploit about the sale to Rapid7 – Pauldotcom
- Metasploit Rising – Offensive-Security
- FTC Orders ChoicePoint To Pay $275,000 For 2008 Data Breach – Dark Reading
Job Posting:
- Security Analyst C&A: Location: Washington, DC – CSO
- Immunet is Hiring Senior Software Developers – Immunet
- We’re looking for a strong Director of Product Marketing – @Digital_Defense
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Morning message here.
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And now, the news…
- Time Warner Cable Exposes 65,000 Customer Routers to Remote Hacks – Threat Level
- Google Voice and URL Obfuscation No Nos – ha.ckers
- Red and Tiger Team – Chris Nickerson – BruCON 2009 – Security4all
- Methods to Bypass Web Application Firewalls – Security-Sh3ll
- Ex Ford Engineer Charged With Trade Secret Theft – Computer World
- Have You Seen the New Facebook Gadget for Google Wave – The Harmony Guy
- A Twitter hole lets you Google protected tweets – LA Times
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