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The 14th DefCon Convention ends today at the Riveria Casino in Las Vegas. For those of you in the know DefCon is said to be the neutral ground for hackers, security specialists and government agents alike. In a recent article on AustralianIT Kenneth Greer, Security Specialist for the US Military, commented that the convention is an excellent place to glean new hacking tactics, network vulnerabilities, and recruit “rock star hackers” to help harden his military networks - networks responsible for air craft carrier communications and missile guidance systems (source: AustralianIT). It really makes you wonder. Will the next terrorist attack be a complex, well planned attack from some extremist group or just your neighbour playing on his/her PC…

Cyber crime ranks only behind terrorism and counter-intelligence as top priorities at the Federal Bureau of Investigation.