DoD finalizing posture in the face of a cyber attack
FederalNewsRadio.com
Keith Alexander, commander, US Cyber Command and director, National Security Agency (AP photo) "We are concerned about this shifting from exploitation and disruption attacks to destructive attacks," said Gen. Keith Alexander, commander of the US Cyber ...
Alexander: DoD needed to respond to cyber attacks
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Sign up today! The Defense Department "would be the natural ones to defend the country" in the event of a cyber attack, asserted Gen. Keith Alexander, head of Cyber Command and the National Security Agency while before a March 20 House panel.
Military rapidly boosting cyber abilities: general
Chicago Tribune
"I can assure you that ... we can back up the department's assertion that any actor threatening a crippling cyber attack against the United States would be taking a grave risk." Alexander and other Pentagon cyber experts told lawmakers that since ...
They're Here: Cyber Experts Warn Senate That Adversary Is Already Inside US ...
AOL Defense
Today's cyber-defenses are only "buying tactical breathing room... much like treading water," agreed the acting director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Ken Gabriel. "If you find yourself in the middle of the ocean, treading water is ...
High cyber staff turnover rate is good for government, DARPA chief says
Nextgov
"The shelf life of cyber capabilities is short. We might even posit that the shelf life of cyber skills is relativity short," DARPA acting Director Kaigham J. Gabriel told lawmakers late Tuesday afternoon. The Defense Department may want to preserve a ...
Northrop Grumman to Provide Cybersecurity Solutions to U.S. Navy Information ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Under the contract, the Northrop Grumman team will provide full scope information operations support to Fleet Cyber Command, Naval Information Operations Command Norfolk, Navy CyberForces, and Fleet and Navy Cyber Defense Operations Command.
Sound cybersecurity can help US businesses retain their competitive edge
Einnews Portugal
Individuals, and more importantly, senior managers have to recognize that cybersecuritymatters and it will play an ever more important role in our life. Building any organization's cyber security defenses successfully can only be achieved through ...
US military rapidly boosting cyber abilities- general
Chicago Tribune
... and attackers in cyberspace ... are improving rapidly," Alexander said. "I can assure you that ... we can back up the department's assertion that any actor threatening a crippling cyber attackagainst the United States would be taking a grave risk."
DOD Develops Cyberspace Rules of Engagement
Department of Defense
“The department has been working around the clock, often in close cooperation with the Department of Homeland Security and other agencies,” she said, to protect the nation fromcyber threats that include the theft of intellectual property, ...
Secunia and MS-ISAC in New Partnership to Provide Vulnerability and Patch ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
This partnership is an excellent example of the public-private sector collaboration necessary to protect our critical infrastructure assets from cyber security threats. We look forward to similar opportunities to engage with additional top-tier ...
Banks a prime target for cyber attacks
The National
ABU DHABI // Banks were targetted in almost 75 per cent of the phishing attacks recorded in the country last year. The agency tasked with overseeing cyber security in the UAE, aeCert, said 72 of the 100 attacks registered last year were on banks.
Cyber warfare rules still being written
Washington Times
By Shaun Waterman The Pentagon is still writing rules for combating cyberattacks, even though US Cyber Command has been operating for more than a year, defense officials said Tuesday. “The [Pentagon] is working on standing rules of engagement which ...
Washington Times
NSA Chief: Cyber Becoming More Perilous
GovInfoSecurity.com
Keith Alexander, the head of the US military's Cyber Command and NationalSecurity Agency, painted a bleak picture with mounting challenges to the Defense Department's and nation's IT systems. "In framing my comments on our progress at Cyber Command, ...
GovInfoSecurity.com
Senate debates DHS' role in regulating cybersecurity
Federal Times
However, the water industry and subsectors of the energy industry — oil and natural gas — are not subject to federal rules; their efforts to address cyber vulnerabilities are voluntary. Most of the critical infrastructure sectors reviewed by the ...
More cyber attacks are new reality, says Singapore deputy prime minister
Sin Chew Jit Poh
SINGAPORE, March 21 (Xinhua) -- The increasing number of cyber espionage attacks has come to be a new reality as a result of technological progresses, Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean has said. He said Singapore has managed to counter a ...
Consequences for security as NYPD-FBI rift widens
The Seattle Times
The cyber case had been open for more than a year at the US attorney's office in Brooklyn. So, the Justice Department was surprised when, without notice, the NYPD went to federal prosecutors in Manhattan and asked them to approve a search warrant in ...
U.S. Looks to Create 'New Generation' of Cyberweapons
Patch.com
Patch's latest roundup of news related to US Cyber Command and cybersecurity includes items on the latest technology, an advanced virus and a new Army brigade. By Tim Lemke Zuber Arif, a cyber recruiter and linguist, at work at a cyber recruiting ...
HASC on Cyber Defense: Forget DHS
Nextgov
J., said the administration had misidentified the critical infrastructure cyber problem. DHS has the lead in protecting private and civil government networks based on the anticipated targets of an attack, not on the potential origins of a cyberattack, ...
Anonymous Hacks Christian Websites In Mexico: “POPE is not welcome, out out!!!!!”
International Business Times
In an explanatory message on Pastebin in Spanish, Anonymous Hispano posted a manifesto of sorts, titling the cyber-attack "Operation Freeloader," in a reference to the Pope. The message goes on to state that the collective believes Mexico should be a ...
International Business Times
Android's Open Nature Makes It Easy Malware Target: Total Defense
eWeek
As Android's reach grows, cyber-criminals see an opportunity to spread their malware, according to the security software vendor. Given the increasingly ubiquitous and open nature of Google's Android, there's little mystery as to why cyber-attackers are ...
DoD: Cyber Weapons May Be Better Than Cyber Espionage Tools
Nextgov
"The DoD is capability-limited in cyber, both defensively and offensively. We need to change that," said DARPA Acting Director Kaigham J. Gabriel, at a Senate Armed Services Emerging Threats and Capabilities subcommittee hearing. "A cyber exploit that ...
NSA Head: Defense Department Weathered 'Year Of The Hacker'
National Journal
By Josh Smith Daniel Schellhase, of Germany, games his way to a Gold Medal against Victor Sanchez Munoz, of Spain, during the World Cyber Games 2007 Grand Finals in FIFA Soccer 07 held in Seattle on October 7, 2007. The head of the US cyber ciommand ...
Social media crime fighting
FOX Toledo Online
by Jennifer Steck, FOX Toledo News reporter TOLEDO, Ohio (WUPW) - Toledo Police and block watch members are turning to the Internet in a new initiative to fight crime with cyber block watches. Although a lot has changed in 40 years technology-wise, ...
Detect and prevent today's sophisticated malware threats
CNET
A bill introduced recently in the US Senate would require the Department of Homeland Securityto verify that "critical infrastructure" is protected against "cyber attacks," as CNET's Elinor Mills reported last month in her InSecurity Blog.
Foreign malware infections doubled in 2011, says China CERT
Information Age
When counting all kinds of cyber attack, including website defacement and denial of service attacks, Japan was the most common foreign source, CNCERT said, followed by the US and South Korea. Unlike most country's CERTs, which are indendent, ...
Information Age
DOD working on guidelines for cyberwar operations
Stars and Stripes (blog)
... tracing it back to its source and then executing an electronic counterstrike to end the attack risk. Gen. Keith Alexander, head of US Cyber Command as well as the National Security Agency, told members of a subcommittee of the House Armed Services ...
Stars and Stripes (blog)
Professor wants to teach hacking
The Ranger
For teens who want to be on the front lines of cyber security, ITSA provides the means for high school students to further their education in cybersecurity. ITSA is one of four Alamo Academies that specialize in computer science.
Is America's view of Iran and Hezbollah dangerously out of date?
Fox News
The potential consequences of a reversal of this equation, however, are sufficiently potent as to bear (at minimum) red-teaming and the production of additional threat assessments, to include modalities of attack (such as cyber) and potential ...
Hacker teams throw down in international CyberLympics
GCN.com
In the United States, a coalition of government and private industry organizations two years ago set a goal of identifying and recruiting 10000 people with the native skills required forcybersecurity work and providing a career path for them. US Cyber ...
SME's are at risk of cyber attack – start building your defences today ...
By kwright
The best way to build robust and effective cyber defences is by implementing ISO27001, the world's cyber security standard. The easiest way to do this is with the No 3 Comprehensive ISMS ISO27001 Toolkit – which contains all the tools, ...
IT Governance Blog on IT governance,...
'Paralysis warfare': China's cyber focus is to cripple U.S. ...
By admin
The Chinese call this type of preemptive cyber attack “paralysis warfare,” say the report's authors, Bryan Krekel, Patton Adams and George Bakos, information security experts for Northrop Grumman. “Unlike traditional air or ballistic missile ...
World Tribune
China again victim of cyber attacks | Security Affairs
By paganinip
US defense contractor Northrop Grumman revealed that the People's Liberation Army is investing in the creation of advanced information warfare capabilities, and warned that securityfirms are helping to provide significant resources and knowledge. The cyber ... Western governments, primarily U.S. and UK, are investing heavily in developing new methods of attackand definition of cyber strategies to ensure the security of information infrastructures of these countries. But who is ...
Security Affairs
New Partnership Brings Fresh Ideas to Cybersecurity ...
By CyberMaryland
The company is a global provider of cyber security products, solutions, and services. ... If your company is interested in collaborating with the Maryland Cybersecurity Center, contact Eric Chapman or visit http://www.cyber.umd.edu/partners.
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US military rapidly boosting cyber abilities - general
By Andy Sennitt
“I can assure you that … we can back up the department's assertion that any actor threatening a crippling cyber attack against the United States would be taking a grave risk.” Alexander and other Pentagon cyber experts told lawmakers that since releasing a new cyber strategy last year the Defense Department had been moving on several fronts to bolster defenses, secure critical networks and improve cyber warfare capabilities. Madeline Cree don, assistant secretary of defense for ...
Media Network
3/21/2012: Cyber Rules of Engagement, A More Dangerous ...
By AlexOlesker
White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Howard Schmidt says that an enterprise securityapproach to cyber is is one of the Obama administration's IT security aims. More here. Gen Kieth Alexander, head of Cyber Command and the NSA, ...
FedCyber.com
War News Updates: 10 Million Daily Cyber Attacks On America`s ...
By War News Updates Editor
The head of the National Nuclear Security Administration says America's nuclear weapons face a massive number of cyber attacks every day, and are calling for a budget increase in order to enhance security. The computer systems of the agency in charge of America's nuclear weapons stockpile are "under constant attack" and face millions of hacking attempts daily, according to officials at the National Nuclear Security Administration. Thomas D'Agostino, head of the agency, says the ...
War News Updates
front lines: U.S. Nukes Face Up to 10 Million Cyber Attacks Daily
By Candice Lanier
The agency wants to beef up its cybersecurity budget from about $126 million in 2012 to about $155 million in 2013 and has developed an "incident response center" responsible for identifying and mitigating cyber security attacks. More ...
front lines
Looking at the Top 5 Anti-Virus Software Programs on the Market
By Guest Writer
Note: This is a guest post written by Sebastian Avila Castro With Cyber Crime expected to be 'Number One Threat' in 2012, it's time to revisit your personal internet security. At a recent cyber security conference, the Director of the.
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Cyber Security Reforms Likely As Contractor Support Grows – site ...
By Blackmere
Cyber Security Reforms Likely As Contractor Support Grows – site.law360.com. Published March 20, 2012. Law360, New York (March 20, 2012, 6:42 PM ET) -- While several cybersecuritybills are competing for passage in Congress, the ...
Blackmere Consulting
Casa Presidencial website defaced by Latinhack | The Hacker News ...
By noreply@blogger.com (THN Reporter)
... Presidencial website defaced by Latinhack. THN Magazine and The Hacker News is Most Comprehensive resource in providing news related to Information Technology, Cyber security, infosec, Hacking threads, Vulnerability. ... The cyber- attack was attributed to a group called Latinhack, whose members have perpetrated more than 13000 attacks on various government sites in Spain, the United Kingdom, Venezuela, Chile and the Dominican Republic. He also said the website's ...
The Hacker News [ THN ] - Updates...
Northrop to Provide Cyber Support for Navy Info Operations
By Ross Wilkers
Kathy Warden, vice president and general manager of the company's cyber intelligence division, said the company and a group of subcontractors will provide cybersecurity solutions for information warfare and signal intelligence. The team will ...
ExecutiveBiz
How to Save Cyberspace - Information Policy
By Mikhail Doroshevich
The extensive press coverage regarding alleged Chinese involvement in cyber espionage, as well as Beijing's high-profile Internet censorship efforts, have underscored a worrying reality for U.S. officials – U.S. cyberspace policies are still at an ... A highly publicized report to Congress by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission earlier this month observed that China's “professional state sponsored intelligence collection not only targets a nation's sensitive national ...
Information Policy
Northrop Grumman to Provide Support to Variety of US Navy ...
By Naval Today
... Cyber Intelligence Division. “We will leverage our deep cybersecurity experience in information operations, information warfare and SIGINT, and provide the Navy with innovative and affordable full spectrum solutions to help them meet their mission needs.” ... Va.; and K2 Group, Vienna, Va. Northrop Grumman is an industry leader in all aspects of computer network operations and cybersecurity, offering customers innovative solutions to help secure the nation'scyber future.
Naval Today
Hacker claims to have pwned Apple, CBS, Sony, Warner Bros and ...
By l33tdawg
Hacker claims to have pwned Apple, CBS, Sony, Warner Bros and others. Submitted by l33tdawg on Tue, 2012-03-20 02:33. http://pastebin.com/sQVBqi1Q. Credit: Pastebin. A hacker (most likely from South America) going by the name of ...
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China, Cybersecurity Legislation, And Cyberwar - Crossroads
On March 8th, 2012, Siobhan Gorman reported for the Wall Street Journal on a new report that says China would use a cyberattack against the US in the event ...
blog.cybersecuritylaw.us/.../china-cybersecurity-legislation-an...
More countries falling victim to cyber attack threat
Cyber space is increasingly mirroring the sentiment in the real world where threats are often hyped for political purposes and the real source of dang...
www.globaltimes.cn/.../More-countries-falling-victim-to-cyber...
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