http://www.fcw.com/online/news/154083-1.html By Ben Bain FCW.com October 15, 2008 Malicious cyber activity has grown more prevalent and sophisticated during the past year and threats come from organized crime groups, terrorist organizations and foreign governments, according to a senior FBI official. The increase in activity and sophistication poses a criminal and national security threat and has raised concerns from the government, the private sector and the country's overseas partners, Shawn Henry, an assistant director of the FBI who runs its Cyber Division, told reporters today. Henry said the current threats involve denying access to networks, compromising or changing data to affect its integrity and the theft of data. “The amount of information that has been stolen is significant. There are no shortage of actors that are interested in stealing the data from a criminal perspective and from a national security perspective,” he said. “Over the past year the malicious activity has become much more sophisticated, much more prevalent.” Henry also said the use of botnet attacks to spread malicious code and access networks continues to increase. [...] __________________________________________________ Register now for HITBSecConf2008 - Malaysia! With a new triple-track conference featuring 4 keynote speakers and over 35 international experts, this is the largest network security event in Asia and the Middle East! http://conference.hackinthebox.org/hitbsecconf2008kl/Received on Thu Oct 16 2008 - 01:09:01 PDT
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