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Conflicker worm threatens windows users
Conflicker worm in the recent past has garnered a lot of attention by attacking nearly 9 million PC's. According to the Internet Storm Center, which tracks virus infections and Internet attacks, Conficker can spread in three ways. First, it attacks a vulnerability in the Microsoft Server service.
Conflicker worm in the recent past has garnered a lot of attention by attacking nearly 9 million PC's. According to the Internet Storm Center, which tracks virus infections and Internet attacks, Conficker can spread in three ways. First, it attacks a vulnerability in the Microsoft Server service.
PMO's move towards open source
Prime Minister's Office in India Dumps Microsoft's Outlook Express email for Squirrel mail After Virus Attack http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-4266663,prtpage-1.cms
How Israeli Backdoor Technology Penetrated the US Government's Telecom System and Compromised National Security
September 26, 2008, Christopher Ketcham, Antiwar.com
Since the late 1990s, federal agents have reported systemic communications security breaches at the Department of Justice, FBI, DEA, the State Department, and the White House. Several of the alleged breaches, these agents say, can be traced to two hi-tech communications companies, Verint Inc. (formerly Comverse Infosys), and Amdocs Ltd., that respectively provide major wiretap and phone billing/record-keeping software contracts for the US government. Together, Verint and Amdocs form part of the backbone of the government's domestic intelligence surveillance technology. Both companies are based in Israel – having arisen to prominence from that country's cornering of the information technology market – and are heavily funded by the Israeli government, with connections to the Israeli military and Israeli intelligence (both companies have a long history of board memberships dominated by current and former Israeli military and intelligence officers). Verint is considered the world leader in "electronic interception" and hence an ideal private sector candidate for wiretap outsourcing.
September 26, 2008, Christopher Ketcham, Antiwar.com
Since the late 1990s, federal agents have reported systemic communications security breaches at the Department of Justice, FBI, DEA, the State Department, and the White House. Several of the alleged breaches, these agents say, can be traced to two hi-tech communications companies, Verint Inc. (formerly Comverse Infosys), and Amdocs Ltd., that respectively provide major wiretap and phone billing/record-keeping software contracts for the US government. Together, Verint and Amdocs form part of the backbone of the government's domestic intelligence surveillance technology. Both companies are based in Israel – having arisen to prominence from that country's cornering of the information technology market – and are heavily funded by the Israeli government, with connections to the Israeli military and Israeli intelligence (both companies have a long history of board memberships dominated by current and former Israeli military and intelligence officers). Verint is considered the world leader in "electronic interception" and hence an ideal private sector candidate for wiretap outsourcing.
