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Following the recent news that cyber experts have uncovered 2 million stolen passwords to web accounts, Tom Cross, director of security research, Lancope, says:
"Although many of the accounts stolen in this case are for popular social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and Linkedin, other credentials in the attacker's collection may be the ultimate objective. Attackers usually seek to compromise social network accounts because they provide a mechanism for further spreading their malware. An attacker who controls your social networking profile can send messages to your contacts with malicious embedded links that will infect their computers. In this way, attackers can spread their botnets from victim to victim through the social network.TACOMA, Wash.: The popularity of conspiracy theories is frequently rooted in the belief that governments are not transparent in their actions. This belief was the basis for author, Albert Bartlett’s new World War II thriller, “MacCaulley’s Monster.”
London: Interoute, owner operator of Europe's largest cloud services platform, has completed the ISAE 3402 and SSAE 16 type II assurance report for its Amsterdam, Berlin, Geneva and London Data Centre operations. The report was completed by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), one of the world’s leading risk assurance consultancies, through a six month sampling audit across seven fundamental security and risk control areas. The report demonstrates Interoute's commitment to protecting the security and quality of business critical applications and data for Enterprises.
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