Thursday, April 09, 2009

Malicious Code Embedded in Power Grids

According to two former federal officials, hackers have embedded software in the United States' electricity grid and other utility networks, which potentially disrupt utility distribution to the country. While the DHS has not confirmed the incident, concerns over the security of critical infrastructure are increasing. More on this.

Saturday, April 04, 2009

Villagers in Broughton did not allow Google's car to record 3-D Views of their streets. They believe that street view will create an opportunity for criminals to spot burglary targets. More on this, please click here. It is intresting to see such a reaction from a group of people in a country where there are more than 4 million closed-circuit video surveillance cameras (Information Week).