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>China censors critical bloggers like Murong Xuecun
Over the past two weeks, internet censors have called microbloggers to meetings ... A recent editorial by state news agency Xinhua accused some of promoting ...

Lower House to consider public petition against 'Russian SOPA
The online petition against the law, which has been nicknamed Russian SOPA by Internet users (after the infamous Stop Online Piracy Act introduced in the ...

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Beware The Botnets: Cyber-Security Is A Board Level Issue
Today, you would be hard pressed to find an organisation that does not use IT systems and the internet to conduct its business. While technology offers great benefits, it also brings risk. As technology becomes ever more complex, the scope and scale of cyber-risks is increasing at an unprecedented rate. Because responsibility to manage cyber-risks rests with each organisation, it needs to be high on each board's agenda. It's clear that this is no longer just an issue for the IT department. Cyber-attacks can be conducted using a variety of different methods and technologies, including botnets, denial of service attacks, spamming, pharming, spoofing, malware (e.g., viruses, worms, Trojan horses, etc.), phishing, and ID theft. Such attacks may be instigated by a wide variety of players for different reasons (e.g., employees accidentally, through negligence or maliciously, competitors conducting industrial espionage, sabotage or intellectual property theft, state sponsored actors such as foreign intelligence services, organized crime gangs, terrorists, cyber criminals intent on fraud and hackers and hacktivists, etc.). Read More...