Folks, I really didn't want to bring these to you during a Holiday period.
Honest.
So I'm only going to show you the headlines and provide the links so that you can delve further into this alarming state of affairs.
"China is actively conducting cyber espionage as a warfare strategy and has targeted U.S. government and commercial computers, according to a new report from the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission.
"China's current cyber operations capability is so advanced, it can engage in forms of cyber warfare so sophisticated that the United States may be unable to counteract or even detect the efforts," according to the annual report (PDF) delivered to Congress on Thursday. "
From: Report: U.S. vulnerable to Chinese cyber espionage
(If you read it, you'll see "can engage in" should really read "is engaging in".. but, that might ruffle some feathers.)
And..
• Bank accounts were the most commonly advertised item for sale on underground economy servers.
• Symantec observed an average of 61,940 active bot-infected computers per day in the second half of 2007.
• T he United States had the most bot-infected computers, accounting for 14 percent of the worldwide
total, a slight increase from 13 percent in first half of 2007.
• T he education sector accounted for 24 percent of data breaches that could lead to identity theft, more than any other sector.
• Government was the top sector for identities exposed, accounting for 60 percent of the total, a
significant increase from 12 percent in the first half of 2007.
• T heft or loss of computer or other data-storage medium was the cause of the most data breaches that could lead to identity theft during this reporting period, accounting for 57 percent of the total.
Source: Symantec Global Internet Security Threat Report
Trends for July–December 07 (to read the report, click here.)
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