Sweden fell victim of foreign hackers - intelligence

1. Hacking attacks last yer targeting a number of Swedish state institutions, companies and colleges were masterminded by foreign intelligence services, the country: Local news agency has cited a source in Swedish intelligence.
   Read more: http://voiceofrussia.com/news/2014_01_08/Sweden-fell-victim-of-foreign-hackers-intelligence-0261/

 

Digital Forensics Framework

1. DFF (Digital Forensics Framework) is a free and Open Source computer forensics software built on top of a dedicated Application Programming Interface (API).
2. It can be used both by professional and non-expert people in order to quickly and easily collect, preserve and reveal digital evidences without compromising systems and data.
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   Preserve digital chain of custody

   Software write blocker, cryptographic hash calculation
   

   Access to local and remote devices

   Disk drives, removable devices, remote file systems
   

   Read standard digital forensics file formats

   Raw, Encase EWF, AFF 3 file formats
   

   Virtual machine disk reconstruction

   VmWare (VMDK) compatible
   

   Windows and Linux OS forensics

   Registry, Mailboxes, NTFS, EXTFS 2/3/4, FAT 12/16/32 file systems
   

   Quickly triage and search for (meta-)data

   Regular expressions, dictionaries, content search, tags, time-line
   

   Recover hidden and deleted artifacts

   Deleted files / folders, unallocated spaces, carving
   

   Volatile memory forensics

   Processes, local files, binary extraction, network connections
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FireEye Buys Mandiant for Nearly $1 Billion to Stamp Out Cyber Attacks

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http://www.computerworld.in/news/fireeye-buys-mandiant-for-nearly-$1-billion-to-stamp-out-cyber-attacks

FireEye Buys Mandiant for Nearly $1 Billion to Stamp Out Cyber Attacks - See more at: http://www.computerworld.in/news/fireeye-buys-mandiant-for-nearly-$1-billion-to-stamp-out-cyber-attacks#sthash.rV1pmBBK.dpuf

ireEye, a major enterprise security company, is hoping to better shield its customers from cyberattacks through its acquisition of privately held Mandiant for nearly US$1 billion. - See more at: http://www.computerworld.in/news/fireeye-buys-mandiant-for-nearly-$1-billion-to-stamp-out-cyber-attacks#sthash.rV1pmBBK.dpufireEye, a major enterprise security company, is hoping to better shield its customers from cyberattacks through its acquisition of privately held Mandiant for nearly US$1 billion. - See more at: http://www.computerworld.in/news/fireeye-buys-mandiant-for-nearly-$1-billion-to-stamp-out-cyber-attacks#sthash.rV1pmBBK.dpuf

Now Bitcoin Malwares Target Personal Computers

New Delhi: Bitcoin craze is turning into a fertile ground for cyber fraudsters as thousands of computers, including in India, are being infected with malwares related to the virtual currency. The findings of a survey, that has pegged the count of computers infected with bitcoin related malware at least 12,000, comes at a time when regulators worldwide have flagged money laundering concerns about this popular virtual currency.


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