Meteorology and environmental station for road safety uses low powered, ultra rugged and reliable video solution
MOBOTIX AG, a leading manufacturer of digital high-resolution, network-based video security systems has released details of its use in an innovative new solar powered monitoring solution created by Vaisala, a global leader in environmental and industrial measurement.
Last week it was found that DigiNotar, a Dutch Certificate Authority (CA), had issued a rogue SSL certificate for “*.google.com”. Hackers apparently used the fraudulent certificate to intercept Iranian users’ email, among other items. The attack went undetected by the users because their browsers trusted the DigiNotar certificate. A third-party trust provider represents an extremely high value target for hackers. Once an attacker can access and steal trust credentials, they can commit various cyber-criminal acts in pursuit of their own nefarious agenda.
Reassuring Londoners, AC McPherson said: “We are here for London, and to help make sure people - whether young or old - can go about their daily lives as safely as possible. We are determined to do what we can to stop it happening in the first place, catch those responsible and bring them to justice.”
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Ian McPherson Picture source: Met
Millions of computers around the world are controlled by cybercriminals. These computers have been infected with software robots, or “bots”, that automatically connect to command and control servers. The command and control servers then instruct the bots to carry out illicit activity, such as performing denial of service attacks, or harvesting application content. Building these networks of bots, or botnets, has become a lucrative business for botnet operators, who rent out their bots to the highest bidder.
One of the most dangerous botnet threats is the Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack. Harnessing the aggregate power of thousands or tens of thousands of bots, DDoS attack can inflict tremendous damage on Websites, slowing down or even completely disabling them. And DDoS attacks are not isolated, but a regular issue for many organizations. According to recent survey of IT decision makers, 74% reported suffering one or more DDoS attacks in the past 12 months. Of these, 31% said that the attacks disrupted service.Whether the motivation is political, financial or just random, DDoS attacks can be extraordinarily costly for the targeted organizations.
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