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Anonymous UK suspects 'co-ordinated attacks'

...systems, said the prosecution. Anonymous launched a global campaign in 2010 called 'Operation Payback' in retaliation against a number of pro-copyright groups, which had... Read more

7 September, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Developers swarm to fight off patent lawsuits

...of Amsterdam-based development initiative Appsterdam, revealed on Monday an effort called 'Operation Anthill'. It involves pooling resources to hire a technology lawyer, provide money... Read more

2 August, 2011 by Josh Lowensohn

MoD cyber-command will combine with intelligence

...a commando" into the military cyberattack and defence organisation, the Defence Cyber Operations Group. "We want to attract young minds [to a military career]," said... Read more

27 June, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Microsoft updates System Center for the private cloud

...presented new versions of core System Center products Virtual Machine Manager and Operations Manager. Microsoft has unveiled its 2012 wave of System Center updates, including... Read more

24 March, 2011 by Simon Bisson

FBI stresses international co-operation in Zeus arrests

...stealing $70m (£44m), the FBI said on Friday. So far the international Operation Trident Breach effort has yielded more than 150 arrests across the US... Read more

4 October, 2010 by Jack Clark

DDoS attackers line up new targets

...victims for distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks under a campaign dubbed 'Operation Payback'. Among the suggestions for targets are the corporate email servers of... Read more

29 September, 2010 by Darren Pauli

Russian space systems hacked in Lurid attack

...more efforts to protect themselves after the detection of a cyberattack dubbed 'Operation Shady Rat' by security vendor McAfee. Social-engineering attacksIn the Lurid campaign... Read more

23 September, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Symantec digs into Shady RAT attack emails

...been dissected by security company Symantec. The cyberattacks, which were publicised as Operation Shady RAT by McAfee on Wednesday, typically used targeted emails with Microsoft... Read more

5 August, 2011 by Tom Espiner

GCHQ calls for better defences against Shady RAT

...a trusted place to do business and share ideas." McAfee warned that Operation Shady RAT, which aimed to steal intellectual property and information ranging from... Read more

4 August, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Three men jailed over £3m phishing scheme

...Snaresbrook Crown Court on Monday for masterminding and carrying out the phishing operation, after pleading guilty to conspiracy to defraud and other charges. "It's... Read more

11 July, 2011 by Tom Espiner
CESG: How UK defends against cyberattacks

CESG: How UK defends against cyberattacks

...aftermath, which takes forensics skills. How do GCHQ and the Cyber Security Operations Centre (CSOC) at Cheltenham monitor current threats?It comes down to situation... Read more

26 April, 2011 by Tom Espiner

MEPs give green light to common patent system

...an EU-wide patent system to be set up under 'enhanced co-operation' rules, despite previous objections from Italy and Spain. The European Parliament has... Read more

17 February, 2011 by Ben Woods

Cyber-war risk is exaggerated, says OECD study

...is small, according to a study by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Professor Peter Sommer is the co-author of a report... Read more

17 January, 2011 by Tom Espiner
The cloud: lessons from history

The cloud: lessons from history

...staff out of work carry an echo of fears about Computer Automated Operations in the 1980s, at the beginning of the microprocessor revolution. As ever... Read more

8 October, 2010 by Staff

Lily Allen's website hit by DDoS attack

...the latest of a string of victims attacked under the web-based Operation Payback campaign.For more on this ZDNet UK-selected story, see Lily... Read more

6 October, 2010 by Darren Pauli

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