http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Canada+easy+prey+cyber+attacker+expert/2718450/story.html By Vito Pilieci The Ottawa Citizen March 24, 2010 OTTAWA - Canada is woefully unprepared for a massive cyber-attack that is within the capabilities of any run-of-the-mill hacker, and which could cripple the business of the nation, warns a leading security expert. Dragos Ruiu, an Edmonton-based computer security consultant, says it's time for the government to protect complex computer networks that can now be hijacked with the simplest of tools. "There has got to be a lot more thought and a lot more talk and a lot more brains applied to the situation," said Ruiu. "The cyber-warfare world is the only place a 17-year-old kid can take on a nation-state and win." Ruiu, a key organizer of the CanSecWest Applied Security Conference that opens in Vancouver today, said that when it comes to computer security, even the popular pocket-sized smartphones are open to attack. He said this year.s conference will play host to a hacking contest to see which cellphone is the most secure. [...] ___________________________________________________________ Register now for HITBSecConf2010 - Dubai, the premier deep-knowledge network security event in the GCC, featuring keynote speakers John Viega and Matt Watchinski! http://conference.hitb.org/hitbsecconf2010dxb/Received on Wed Mar 24 2010 - 23:35:34 PDT
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