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Brainjacking: the next cyber-security threat

Today we live in a world more and more interconnected to computer tools. These tools have become an integral part of our private and professional life, simplifying many aspects of our daily lives. However, the ubiquitous nature of computing is not without risk because it also makes us vulnerable to…

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29/04/2018
Binding Operational Directive / cybersecurity / Department of Homeland Security / federal information systems / Kaspersky Lab / national security / Russia / software / USA

The United States’ government has banned federal agencies from using cybersecurity software provided by Russian company Kaspersky Lab

On September 13, 2017 the Acting Secretary of Homeland Security, Elaine Duke, issued a Binding Operational Directive (BOD) directing Federal Executive Branch departments and agencies to take actions related to the use or presence of information security products, solutions and services supplied directly or indirectly by Russian company Kaspersky Lab.…

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23/10/2017
Cyberdéfense / Général / sécurité / Technologie

Security and freedom in the digital age

Governments want to have access to digital personal data, while companies in technology sector and non-profit organisations want to protect the human right of privacy. After the spying of citizens and politicians around the world by the US National Security Agency (NSA), a debate about the balance between national security, privacy and freedom will certainly intensify in the United States.
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24/10/2015
Cybercriminalité / Général

The top 5 DoS attacks

Denial of Service (DoS) attacks are among the most feared threats in today’s cybersecurity landscape.
The most hated man of internet
Hunter Moore, also known as the most hated man of internet, was arrested by the American authorities in January, facing 10 years in prison. A man with many enemies, as his website specialized at revenge porn, he has been collecting photos and videos of intimate moments from recently separated couples. Needless to mention that the majority of the people figuring in this website had never given their permission. (suite…)

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23/06/2014
Cyberdéfense / Général

Une cyber-armée est-elle nécessaire ?

A l’heure où les cyber-attaques se multiplient contre les Etats, serait-il temps que les Etats créent une armée spécialisée en cyberespace ?
montageEn septembre dernier, le journal Reuters dévoile que le Royaume Uni cherchait à créer une cyber-armée. Le ministre de la défense Philip Hammond a en effet révélé lors d’une conférence que le gouvernement cherchait à embaucher des experts de l’informatique afin de non seulement protéger contre l’espionnage numérique, mais aussi de protéger l’Etat contre toute cyber-attaque. (suite…)

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04/11/2013
Général

420 000 servers hacked to create a web map

An anonymous researcher realized his « dream » by creating a world web map. For this, he infected nearly 420,000 machines in the world to achieve the amount of computation needed for the experience.

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Source : http://internetcensus2012.bitbucket.org/images/clientmap_16to9_1600x900.jpg

The technique used to produce a web map consist to send the command « ping » (test the accessibility of an IP address from one machine to another) to all existing IPv4 addresses, which represents about 4 billion possible addresses. These addresses are used by all devices connected to the Internet.
By calculating the response time of each request, and the path taken by the data, it’s possible to establish a representation of the repartition of the global Internet.
To achieve this feat, it’s necessary to have a strong computing capability to perform the most possible queries simultaneously. Indeed, it should take theoretically 126 years with a single machine to develop this map, at the rate of one request per second.
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18/04/2013