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Compromised Government and Military Sites For Sale

Posted by Soulskill on from the your-tax-dollars-at-derp dept.

Khopesh writes "Imperva blogged today about the sale of compromised .gov, .mil, and .edu sites, illustrating that cyber-criminals are getting bolder. Krebs on Security has an unredacted view of the site list. Perhaps the biggest threat is yet to come; if an industrious criminal can break into top government and military sites, so too can government-backed teams, proving that GhostNet and Stuxnet are just the beginning."

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  1. Cabsec can fix this by ka9dgx · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Capability based security (Cabsec) can provide OS with no exposed vulnerabilities. It's based on an L4 proven microkernel. The only problem is that it's vaporware.

    It doesn't have to be. The parts are starting to fall into place, but the open source community has to be made aware of the fact that it is possible to solve computer security, instead of patching it with layers of band-aids.

  2. Disturbing... by Sooner+Boomer · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I don't know which is more worrying - that some of these sites are for sale, or how cheaply they're going for...

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    Chaos maximizes locally around me.