Cyber Criminals Pose As Live Chat Representatives

Cyber Criminals Pose As Live Chat Representatives
PC Magazine
By Sara Yin Cyber criminals have successfully leveraged financial malware "Shylock" to launch fake live chats during an online banking session, fooling victims into surrendering confidential information. At least one leading financial institution has ... 

GOP senators introduce another Cyber security bill
Government Security News
The Strengthening and Enhancing Cybersecurity by Using Research, Education, Information, and Technology Act (SECURE IT), would also require federal contractors who provide telecommunications or Cyber security services for the federal government to ...

FBI Director Robert Mueller Talks Cybersecurity: 'We Must Find A Way To Stop ...
Huffington Post
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The director of the FBI told an annual gathering of cyber-securityprofessionals on Thursday that the agency needs the private sector to help combat what he believes is becoming the nation's No. 1 threat.

Republicans Introduce Softer Cyber Security Bill
International Business Times
That bill is aimed at requiring upgrades in security for critical national infrastructure, which somecyber experts argue is needed to prevent a catastrophic attack on the nation's water supply, electric grid, financial networks and transportation ...

FBI Director: Cyber-threats Will Become Top Worry
NewsMax.com
The director of the FBI told an annual gathering of cyber-security professionals on Thursday that the agency needs the private sector to help combat what he believes is becoming the nation's No. 1 threat. FBI Director Robert Mueller reiterated his ...

UK Government Special Representative to address ITEC Cyber Security Training ...
defpro
Cyber attack costs British business an estimated £21 billion a year, including £7.6 billion from industrial espionage, and the UK Government has recently pledged £650 million to protect and counter against these crimes.

FBI Director Talks Cyber Attacks
WebProNews
Cyber attacks and cyber terrorism may one day become the most dangerous threat, however, according to the FBI. The director of the FBI, Robert Mueller, recently spoke at the RSA Cyber Security Conference in San Francisco about what his organization is ...

US Republicans introduce softer cyber security bill
Firstpost
Washington: Eight top US Republicans introduced a cyber security bill aimed at stopping an overarching, bipartisan measure proposed earlier this month in order to better protect critical infrastructure. The measure, introduced by the top Republicans on...

Firstpost

GOP cyber bill takes hands-off approach to industry
FederalNewsRadio.com
Unlike the competing "Lieberman-Collins cybersecurity bill, the GOP proposal, dubbed the "SECURE IT Act," would grant no new authorities to the Department of Homeland Security or any other agency to enforce cyber safeguards on privately-owned critical ...

Cybersecurity Bills Line Up in Congress
Adweek
Cyber security to guard against threats from terrorists is getting a lot of attention from Congress these days, overtaking privacy on the legislative front. A group of eight GOP Senators introduced Thursday an alternative cyber security bill to the one ...

Don't underestimate cyber terrorism threat, security experts say
InfoWorld
By Lucian Constantin | IDG News Service Concern about cyber terrorism was evident this week among security experts at the RSA security conference in San Francisco, who find that some people with extremist views have the technical knowledge that could ...

Republicans push cyber bill that avoids 'heavy hand of the government''
The Hill (blog)
“Our bill represents a new way forward in protecting the American people and the country's cyberinfrastructure from attack,” Grassley said. “Instead of the heavy hand of the government, our approach promotes information sharing and keeps the ...

UPDATE 1-US Republicans introduce softer cyber security bill
Chicago Tribune
... would require federal contractors to inform the government about cyber threats and make it easier for government regulators and corporations to communicate about threats. "We believe that ensuring our nation's cybersecurity is critical.

Sponsors say new Senate cyber bill less costly for business
SC Magazine
Eight Republican senators, led by John McCain, on Thursday introduced cyber security legislation that would counter the bipartisan Cybersecurity Act of 2012, which was released two weeks ago. The new bill, known as the Strengthening and Enhancing ...

McCain, GOP Leaders Intro Cybersecurity Bill Alternative
PC Advisor
The competing visions for cybersecurity reform both start from the consensus view that the status quo is insufficient to defend against the very real and dangerous threat of cyber attacks that could target critical infrastructure such as the systems ...

FBI: Cyber attacks – America's top terror threat
RT
The Cyber Crime section of the FBI website pledges that the bureau is ready to defend America from the cyber space threat. This vow, however, did not help much when the bureau's website went down after a massive attack by Anonymous hacktivists on ...

RT

Lee names special counsel for cyber attack probe
The Korea Herald
President Lee Myung-bak picked veteran prosecutor-turned-lawyer Park Tae-sok as the independent counsel to look into allegations surrounding October's hacking attack on South Korea's election watchdog Web site, the presidential office said Friday.

Republican Senators Introduce Their Own Cybersecurity Bill
CSO
"This legislation will help us begin to meet the very real threat of cyber attack." The CybersecurityAct would allow the secretary of the US Department of Homeland Security to designate some private networks as critical infrastructure and require them ...

Senators Introduce Legislation to Strengthen Cybersecurity
PoliticalNews.me (press release)
“The SECURE IT Act strengthens America's cybersecurity by promoting collaboration and information-sharing, updating our criminal laws to account for the growing cyber threat and enhancing research programs to protect our critical networks,” said ...

U.S. defense chief deeply concerned over risk of major cyber attack
Trend.az
US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Thursday that he was deeply worried about the risk of a major cyber attack on the United States that could paralyze the country, Xinhua reported. In response to questions following a speech to more than 1200 ...

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Cyber threats becoming top worry: FBI director
Times of India
he director of the FBI told an annual gathering of cyber-security professionals on Thursday that the agency needs the private sector to help combat what he believes is becoming the nation's No. 1 threat. SAN FRANCISCO: The director of the FBI told an ...

GOP Pushes Cybersecurity Bill
Portfolio.com (blog)
by Kent Hoover The White House submits its legislative proposal to improve cybersecurity, urging Congress to take action to protect consumers, businesses, and critical infrastructure from cyberattacks. Read More The FBI has been on a hacking sweep, ...

FBI chief warns cyber crime on par with terrorism
AFP
SAN FRANCISCO — FBI director Robert Mueller warned a gathering of Internetsecurity specialists that the threat of cyber attacks rivals terrorism as a nationalsecurity concern. The only way to combat cyber assaults is for police, intelligence ...

AFP

Trend Micro hires cyber security expert Kellermann
Chicago Tribune
(Reuters) - Anti-virus software maker Trend Micro Inc has hired a prominent expert on cybersecuritypolicy to help boost its sales to the US government. The Japanese company said it named Tom Kellermann to the newly created post of vice president for ...

Cybercriminals beginning to rival terrorists
WMC-TV
... Mueller told a gathering of security professionals on Thursday at RSA's annual conference in San Francisco. "Today, terrorists have not used the Internet to launch a full-scale cyber-attack, but we cannot underestimate their intent," he said.

Get smarter with endpoint security
Business Standard
Cyber attacks are not only growing in frequency, but are becoming more costly for organisations around the world. Endpoints are exploding as employees are bringing an increasing number of their own devices into the workplace, including laptops, ...

Internet and Blackberry services down at Pentagon
Herald Sun
Email, Blackberry and VPN services for 20000 people cut Not in caused by to cyber-attack That's one ugly computer - but it's only $35 THE US military's Defense Information Systems Agency

Further details on the cyber-defense of the WYD website « CNS Blog
By Cindy Wooden
Posted on March 2, 2012 by Cindy Wooden. VATICAN CITY — The U.S. Servant Sister who masterminded the defense of the World Youth Day website from a major cyber-attack last summer has provided more details. As noted Tuesday, news ...
CNS Blog

FBI chief warns cyber crime on par with terrorism | The Raw Story
By Agence France-Presse
FBI director Robert Mueller warned a gathering of Internet security specialists that the threat of cyberattacks rivals terrorism as a national security concern. The only ... Mueller warned that no company is immune from cyber attack. He argued ...
The Raw Story

FBI director: Cyber-threats will become top worry
The director of the FBI told an annual gathering of cyber-security professionals on Thursday that the agency needs the private sector to help combat what he believes is becoming the nation's No. 1 threat. ... Mueller also sought to reassure businesses that fear the bad publicity they might face if they report to law enforcement that they were the victims of a cyber-attack. He said the agency would respect companies' privacy and work not to disrupt their daily operations. "We do not want ...
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defense-secretary-panetta-concerned-with-threats-of-cyber - cn|2
By Ryan Alessi
U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta told a crowd in Louisville Thursday that the new threats ofcyber terrorism keep him awake at night and that's one of the reasons why the country can't... ...Panetta, speaking to more than 1000 people as part of the McConnell Lecture Series at the University of Louisville, said a well-executed cyber attack can “virtually cripple this nation.” Defense officials don't yet fully understand how vulnerable the nation's energy and financial infrastructure can...
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Dr Kamlesh Bajaj, CEO, Data Security Council of India (DSCI)
By swati
At DSCI, Dr. Bajaj guided the development of best practices Frameworks for data security and privacy protection. He serves on various Government Committees on cyber security and ICT, and contributes to the activities of global bodies like ...
SecureIT 2012

ManTech Enhances Cybersecurity Practice With Acqusition Of ...
By Annie Ganim
“This acquisition enhances our capabilities in the growing cyber security market,” said President and COO of ManTech's Mission, Cyber L. William Varner. “Our recent hire of Ken Silva, who will lead this new business unit, was instrumental in ...
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Report: Hackers seized control of NASA computers – CNN Security ...
By CNN's Laura Koran
How do you differentiate a legitimate request and an attack that looks exactly like one? Ever hear of stuxnet? It's not as simple as black and white. If you are indeed an expert in cyber security, come forward to DEFCON or some other expo and ...
CNN Security Clearance

FBI: Cyber attacks – America's top terror threat :
By Shepard
The Cyber Crime section of the FBI website pledges that the bureau is ready to defend America from the cyber space threat. This vow, however, did not help much when the bureau's website went down after a massive attack by Anonymous ...

KEYW and Sensage Join Forces to Create Mission-Grade Cyber
By GlobeNewswire
27, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — KEYW and Sensage, two leaders in security intelligence, today announced a strategic technology alliance to deliver “mission-grade” cyber intelligence services to commercial enterprises and government agencies intent on understanding and ... Sensage®, Inc. helps organizations collect, store, analyze and interpret complex information to identify new threats, improve cybersecurity defenses, and achieve industry and regulatory compliance. Sensage ...
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Homeland Security Watch »

 366 Homeland Security Words
By Christopher Bellavita
Cyber attack. 86. Cyber Command. 87. Cyber security. 88. Cyber terror. 89. DDOS (dedicated denial of service). 90. Deaths. 91. Decapitated. 92. Delays. 93. Denial of service. 94. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). 95. Dirty bomb. 96.
Homeland Security Watch

Georgetown Security Law Brief: DHS, not NSA, should lead ...
By Georgetown CNSL
“Obviously, there are amazing resources at NSA, a lot of magic that goes on there,” said Eric Rosenbach, deputy assistant secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy in the Department of Defense. “But it's almost certainly not the right approach for ...
Georgetown Security Law Brief

NASA loses laptop with command code for ISS | End the Lie ...
By NewsBot
They are discussed in a written statement he authored and published this week under the title “NASACybersecurity: An Examination of the Agency's Information Security.” For the Cliff Notes version, we've got you covered. Information security at NASA: not ... that one “challenge” in particular, is the ability to handle a sophisticated cyber attack. Now, what separates a sophisticated cyber attackfrom a stupid, simple-minded one is something Martin would have to extrapolate on a bit more.
End the Lie - Independent News

SECURE IT Act: Senate Republicans Introduce Softer Cybersecurity ...
By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Eight top Republicans introduced a cybersecurity bill on Thursday aimed at stopping an overarching, bipartisan ...
www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/.../secure-it-act_n_1314213.ht...

Homeland Security Watch » A discussion on cybersecurity legislation
Last week, the George Washington University's Homeland Security Policy Institute (HSPI) held a “Conversation on Cybersecurity Legislation with Mike ...
www.hlswatch.com/.../a-discussion-on-cybersecurity-legislatio...

NIST Establishes National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence ...
The Center will operate as a public-private collaboration for accelerating the widespread adoption of integrated cybersecurity tools and technologies. The State ...
www.commerce.gov/.../nist-establishes-national-cybersecurity-...

U.S. GAO - Cybersecurity: Challenges in Securing the Modernized ...
Cybersecurity. Challenges in Securing the Modernized Electricity Grid. GAO-12- 507T, Feb 28, 2012. Highlights. View Report (PDF, 19 pages) ...
www.gao.gov/products/GAO-12-507T

Experts Address Growing Cyber Threat to National Security ...
Broadcast live on C-SPAN, “A Conversation on Cybersecurity Legislation” also ... Threats to the nation's cybersecurity could have catastrophic consequences in ...
gwtoday.gwu.edu/.../expertsaddressgrowingcyberthreattonatio...

NIST and state of Maryland establish cybersecurity lab - Nextgov
Harry Hamburg/AP At NIST headquarters, Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., said, " The new enduring war is a...
www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20120222_4906.php

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