CNET
by Elinor Mills March 6, 2012 4:49 PM PST Follow @elinormills The arrests may have taken out the group known as "LulzSec," but there are still untold numbers of the hacktivist group Anonymous who remain active. For the last year, a group of hackers ...
EXCLUSIVE: Infamous international hacking group LulzSec brought down by own leader
Fox News
Hector Xavier Monsegur is “Sabu,” the unemployed, 28-year-old father of two who allegedly commanded the loosely organized international hacker team LulzSec. Hector Xavier Monsegur is “Sabu,” the unemployed, 28-year-old father of two who allegedly ...
LulzSec leader helps bust the hacking group
CBS News
LulzSec logo (Credit: CBS/AP) Updated 11:40 am ET (CBS/AP) Infamous hacking group LulzSec has been allegedly turned in by its own leader. According to Fox News, Hector Xavier Monsegur has been working for the government for months.
LulzSec hackers charged after ringleader turns informant
USA TODAY
By Douglas Stanglin, USA TODAY Five alleged hackers have been charged with breaking into the computer systems of governments, corporations and media organizations after the reputed head of theLulzSec ring became an FBI informant, authorities announced ...
USA TODAY
LulzSec hacker Sabu leads FBI to others, arrests
Los Angeles Times
On Tuesday, the world found out that Monsegur's mistake is sending ripples through the hacking community and into high-profile groups such as LulzSec, AntiSec and Anonymous. Six alleged hackers from those three prominent collectives have been charged ...
Los Angeles Times
Wombat Security Technologies' Cyber Security Training Platform Receives Global ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Cyber criminals have shifted from technology to people as their preferred target of attack (seewww.rsa.com/summitresults). As a result, effective employee training is now a critical component of a modern cyber security defense strategy.
NASA concerned about cyber attacks
USA TODAY
—Intruders stole credentials for more than 150 NASA employees in one cyber attack, while another intrusion provided hackers access to key information and user accounts at the Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena, Ca. —A Texas man pleaded guilty last year ...
USA TODAY
Stuxnet Virus Triggers New Era of Cyber Attacks – Is the US Ready?
Money Morning
"The clock is ticking." Much of the fear surrounding a US cyber attack has escalated due to the Stuxnet virus. The Stuxnet virus was first detected in June 2010 when a software security firm's Iranian client complained about a software glitch.
Teens accused of cyber attacks
Independent Online
By SAPA Seven South Korean teenagers have been questioned over a cyber attackon the website of a government agency. Seoul - Seven South Korean teenagers have been questioned over a cyber attack on the website of a government agency partly in protest ...
Independent Online
South Korea teens accused of cyber attack
News24
Seoul - Seven South Korean teenagers have been questioned over a cyber attack on the website of a government agency partly in protest at restrictions on playing internet games at night, police said on Tuesday. The teenagers, including three elementary ...
Cyber Attack on Sony May have Resulted in Loss Of Michael Jackson Music ...
WebProNews
Sony has yet to confirm the cyber attack and refused to comment on the conspiracy. Lawrence Latif, writer for the inquirer, portrayed Sony as being irresponsible in its lack of ability to track what information had been lost to the attack, ...
9/11 Commission co-chairs prod senators for cybersecurity action
CNN (blog)
There are now two competing versions of cyber legislation in the Senate. One bill introduced last month by Sens. Joe Lieberman, I-Connecticut, and Susan Collins, R-Maine, establishes the Department of Homeland Security as the government's lead agency ...
Cyber Defense: Investing in the Modern Battlefield
Minyanville.com
“The Internet, the cyber arena… this is a vastly growing area of information that can be used and abused in a number of ways… I've often said that I think the potential for the next Pearl Harbor could very well be a cyber attack,” CIA Director Leon ...
Competing cybersecurity bills? Take the best of both
FederalNewsRadio.com
Former Ambassador David Smith, now with the Potomac Institute Cyber Center, told The Federal Drive with Tom Temin there are things to like in both Senate bills. "We have a serious nationalsecurity issue and two teams of people have taken a crack at it ...
Cyber churn at DHS: And Schaffer makes six
Infosecurity Magazine
Greg Schaffer is leaving his post as head of the US Department of Homeland Security's Office ofCybersecurity and Communications, marking the sixth high-ranking cyber official to leave the agency since June 2011. Schaffer, who joined DHS in June 2009, ...
Cassidian backs cyber security summit
Trade Arabia
It is endorsed by ITU-IMPACT, the largest cyber security alliance of its kind with 137 member nations, and is officially hosted by Oman National CERT and Information Technology Authority Oman. Middle Eastern countries have made cyber defence a main ...
Air ForceAcademy Wins Cyber Defense Competition
KRDO
The academy team advances to the National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition in San Antonio next month. In the Rocky Mountain regional competition, each team played the role of network andsecurity administrators at a small company, defending its ...
Even cyber defense is not immune to politics
Defense Systems
By Defense Systems Staff A White House spokeswoman has warned Congress not to resort to "half measures" to address cybersecurity, a shot at a bill introduced by GOP senators, The Hill reports. Republicans, led by Sens. John McCain (Ariz.) ...
When It Comes to Hackers, Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid
Patch.com
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says possibility of cyber attack that could 'virtually cripple this nation' keeps him up at night. By Jeffrey J. Rose This NASA photo obtained on July 15, 2011 shows the International Space Station with Space Shuttle ...
Report: DHS Cyber Secretary Headed for Private Sector
ExecutiveGov
A top Department of Homeland Security official for cybersecurity and communications has vacated his post, government sources told Federal News Radio. Federal News Radio reported Assistant Secretary Greg Schaffer is expected to return to the private ...
McCain cybersecurity bill aims for legal frameworks, updates, not structural ...
FierceGovernmentIT
on March 1 notes that public- and private-sector information sharing is critical to strongcybersecurity. Under the proposal, entities would disclose cyber threat information to a number of existing cybersecurity centers including the Defense ...
Experts at RSA 2012 see cyber security at a major crossroad
Government Security News
Amid the buoyancy and hoopla so evident at the mammoth RSA cyber security conference in San Francisco last month was the nagging sense that governments and commercial enterprises in the US are losing the cyber war being conducted so relentlessly by ...
NIST rewrites FISMA standards as cyber threats evolve
FederalNewsRadio.com
By Jack Moore The National Institute of Standards and Technology has issued major revisions to the Federal Information Security Management Act, which governs agency information security policies. The revamped FISMA includes new guidance for ...
General Dynamics Awarded Air Force Cyber Intelligence Contract
Sacramento Bee
"The Sensor Shadow program is representative of our cyber security heritage. For two decades General Dynamics has been providing leading-edge cyber intelligence support to the Air Force through Sensor Shadow, dating back to Operation Desert Storm," ...
NJVC Promotes Cyber Lead Lynn DeCourcey, Cloud Lead Kevin Jackson to VP
GovConWire
DeCourcey will lead the company's cybersecurity unit, Jackson will lead the cloud computing unit and Gary Lackey will lead the print solutions unit. The Vienna, Va.-based information technology solutions provider said she will manage innovations, ...
GovConWire
Three Questions You Should Ask About Your Cyber-Security
blogs.hbr.org (blog)
by James Kaplan and Allen Weinberg | Comments The past year has seen near-constant revelations of large, well-respected institutions suffering cyber-attacks. The most damaging attacks, however, often never make it into the media.
Sen. Nelson to investigate NASA cyber-attacks
WKMG Orlando
Bill Nelson announced Monday that he will be investigating cyber-attacks on NASA's computer systems from the past two years. Nelson will officially inform NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden of the investigation at Nelson's Senate panel overseeing the ...
Former Chairmen of the 9/11 Commission Call for Speedy Consideration of ...
HSToday
Lee Hamilton, now co-chairmen of the Homeland Security Project at the Bipartisan Policy Center think tank, wrote to Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to urge them to bring cybersecurity bills up for debate ...
Risk Intelligent Governance in the Age of Cyber Threats
Boardmember.com
by Deloitte Alarmed by an uptick in cyberattacks on high-profile businesses, many boards of directors are starting to ask executive teams just how vulnerable their company is to cybercrime orcyber espionage and what the company is doing about it.
Preparing for the Inevitable Cyber-Attack
Compliance Week (subscription)
The wave of large, high-profile data breaches that targeted the security industry during the past year have spawned a new threat to corporate networks: hackers armed with detailed knowledge of the inner workings of their security systems, ...
Chicago raid linked to hacking arrests
Chicago Tribune
The suspected leader of the LulzSec hacker group has pleaded guilty to carrying outcyber attacks on companies such as eBay Inc.'s PayPal and MasterCard Inc., court papers unsealed Tuesday showed. Hector Xavier Monsegur, known as "Sabu," was charged ...
Chicago Tribune
US senators: No time to lose on strengthening cybersecurity
CNET
... Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and Defense Secretary William Perry, along with six of our nation's premier security experts, spanning Democratic and Republican Administrations, issued a stark warning: "[The] constant barrage of cyber ...
Anonymous blocks Peru police site
News24
Lima - The vigilante internet hackers called Anonymous blocked the website of Peru's police who fight against computer crime, an official said on Monday. The attack against the Division of Investigations of High-Tech Crimes "restricted access to the ...
Cyber security becomes a priority for Middle East
Zawya (registration) (press release)
The Middle East, the hub of oil and gas and a major trading crossroad, has come within the crosshairs of hackers and is being touted as the region where the next big cyber attack may take place. Middle Eastern countries have made cyber defence a main ...
South Korean teenagers accused of cyber attack
By Andy Sennitt
Seven South Korean teenagers have been questioned over a cyber attack on the website of a government agency partly in protest at restrictions on playing Internet games at night, police said today. The teenagers, including three elementary ...
Media Network
Dialogic: Redeye: Conn Hallinan - Dangers of cyber attack greatly ...
By Thivai Abhor
Some commentators in the United States would have us believe that the possibility of cyber attack is imminent and that the scale would be catastrophic. Conn Hallinan believes that there is another agenda behind this fear mongering. Hallinan ...
Dialogic
dailywireless.org » Battling Cyber Security Bills
By Sam Churchill
Battling Cyber Security Bills · Four U.S. senators have sounded a warning on cybersecurity, reports C/Net. In February, Sens. John D. Rockefeller IV, (D-W.Va.), Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), and Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) ...
dailywireless.org
This book will show you how ISO27001 can protect your business ...
By kwright
This book will show you how ISO27001 can protect your business from cyber attack. March 6th, 2012 by kwright. Information security is a hot topic. In this cyber age, the protection of organizations information assets, customers and supply ...
IT Governance Blog on IT governance,...
Read: Cybersecurity and U.S.-China Relations - democracyarsenal ...
By Jacob Stokes
Read: Cybersecurity and U.S.-China Relations Posted by Jacob Stokes. China Cyber SecurityThere's no doubt that this week, like almost all of the last year-plus, will see breaking news events that keep us refreshing our Twitter feed and ...
democracyarsenal.org
Former 9/11 Commission Chairmen Call for Prompt Action on ...
By Public Intelligence
The two men, who now run the Bipartisan Policy Center's Homeland Security project, are calling on senators to take more urgent action on the issue of cybersecurity. ... There are now two competing versions of cyber legislation in the Senate. One bill ... “Unfortunately, jurisdictional and procedural objections to considering cyber security legislation are now being raised. ... Naval Network WarfareCommand · Naval Sea Systems Command · Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command ...
Public Intelligence
Stuxnet Makes 60 Minutes | Security Debrief
By Steven Bucci
The general public needs to understand that cyber security is more than just a matter of losing credit card passwords or getting one's computer hooked into a spam-spitting botnet. Lord knows they are naive enough about that stuff, but they are ...
Security Debrief
When It Comes to Hackers, Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid - Santee, CA ...
By Jeffrey J. Rose
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says possibility of cyber attack that could 'virtually cripple this nation' keeps him up at night. ... “There are, obviously, growing technology and growing expertise in the use of cyber warfare,” he said. ... time last week, FBI Director Robert Mueller, speaking at the RSA Conference on computer security in San Francisco, said that while terrorism remained the FBI's top priority, “in the not too distant future, we anticipate that the cyber threat will pose the No.
Santee Patch
Commentary: The Fraying Iran-Venezuela Alliance | The National ...
By Sean Goforth
In December, a Venezuelan diplomat posted in Miami was implicated in a foiled Iranian cyber attackon the United States; if true, it is especially alarming because security experts regard the cyberarena as an area in which the playing field ...
The National Interest
Wombat Security Technologies' Cyber Security Training Platform ...
By Blackmere
Wombat Security Technologies' Cyber Security Training Platform Receives Global Excellence Award – YAHOO! Published March 6, 2012. Wombat Security Technologies (Wombat) announced today that Info Security Products Guide, the ...
Blackmere Consulting
Dick Destiny » Lights out mythology finds its way into GAO report
By George Smith
The idea that hackers — now to mean Anonymous, the Chinese, or any other alleged enemy of the US anywhere in the world, can turn out the lights from the Internet is pervasive. There isn't a week that passes without some media outlet publishing .... “If you're talking about terrorism in the real world where you want to blow up a dam or do some destruction, you can potentially do that remotely through a cyber attack” — another modern Cardiff Giant believer, from last week · Permalink ...
Dick Destiny
Chinese hackers 'had full access' to Nasa lab that commands 23 ...
By truther
The cyber attack was one of 'thousands' of computer security lapses at the space agency. Martin said the hackers gained full system access, which allowed them to modify, copy, or delete sensitive files, create new user accounts and upload ...
Pakalert Press
The Democratization of Electronic Warfare | Defense Tech
By John Reed
In cybersecurity, there has been much focus on increasing our defensive capabilities, but we require capabilities in both defense and offense across the full spectrum of conflict,” said Gabriel. “Modernwarfare demands the effective use of cyber ...
Defense Tech
Organizing Notes: CYBER ATTACK
CYBER ATTACK. CBS-TV 60 Minutes program on cyber warfare with a mention of SMART meters. The Pentagon is pumping the money into their new Cyber ...
space4peace.blogspot.com/2012/03/cyber-attack.html
9/11 commissioners debate cybersecurity in Senate | Politics ...
Tom Kean and Lee Hamilton, who co-chaired the 9/11 Commission, weighed in Monday on a simmering disagreement in the Senate over the best way to ...
www.ksbw.com/news/politics/9-11...in.../-/index.html
Researchers suggest U.S, China engage on cyberattack issues ...
A new report proposes China and the United States discuss taboo hacking topics , such ascyberattacks, to cool cybersecurity relations before the dispute ...
www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20120228_6587.php
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