Suspected cyber attack hits Iran oil industry
Reuters
| DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran is investigating a suspected cyber attack on its main oil export terminal and on the Oil Ministry itself, Iranian industry sources said on Monday. A virus was detected inside the control systems of Kharg Island - which handles ...
Reuters
| DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran is investigating a suspected cyber attack on its main oil export terminal and on the Oil Ministry itself, Iranian industry sources said on Monday. A virus was detected inside the control systems of Kharg Island - which handles ...
Bloomberg
President Barack Obama authorized sanctions against individuals and entities that provideinformation technology that aid regimes in cracking down on dissidents. The executive order from the president is aimed at thwarting the governments of Syria and ...
Suspected Cyber-attack At Iran Oil Port, Exports Normal -Official
Wall Street Journal
LONDON (Dow Jones)--Iranian authorities are looking into a suspected cyber-attack at the country's main oil port but exports haven't been affected, an oil-industry official said Monday. The possibleattack, coming after another similar episode two ...
Cybersecurity bills aim to prevent 'digital Pearl Harbor'
CNN
"The reality is that our infrastructure is being colonized," said Tom Kellerman, former commissioner of President Obama's cyber security council, at a Bloomberg cybersecurity conference held in New York last week. "The terrifying thing is that ...
Tech firms behaving badly - Cyber week is finally here - Web poker bust dries ...
Politico
More for Pros on how the industry's reputation is changing — and fast: http://politico.pro/I8sxfZCYBER WEEK IS FINALLY HERE -- The House will consider four cybersecurity bills at the end of this week, including CISPA, starting this Thursday.
Suspected cyber attack hits Iranian oil infrastructure: sources
Reuters
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian authorities are investigating a suspected cyber attack on Iran's main oil export terminal, Iranian industry sources said on Monday. The virus struck late on Sunday, affecting the main Internet and communications systems of ...
Iran oil sector hit by 'cyber attack'
Phys.Org
A voracious virus attack has hit computers running key parts of Iran's oil sector, forcing authorities to unplug its main oil export terminal from the Internet and to set up a cyber crisis team, according to reports. A voracious virus attack has hit ...
Iranian oil ministry hit by cyber-attack
The Guardian
Iran's oil ministry has called a crisis meeting after its main website and internal communications system were hit by an apparent cyber-attack that forced authorities to cut off the country's oil export terminal from the internet.
The Guardian
This Week in Tech: House boots up 'cyber week'
The Hill (blog)
By Brendan Sasso and Andrew Feinberg - 04/23/12 09:35 AM ET The House is set to vote on fourcybersecurity bills during what lawmakers have dubbed "cyber week." The most prominent bill is the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA).
61% of IT Security Professionals Are Concerned About Attacks From Anonymous ...
MarketWatch (press release)
The 2012 Cyber Security Survey of nearly 2000 IT security experts set out to gauge the current state of enterprise security and identify the attack methods and cybercrimal groups that keep IT executives up at night. Complete survey results can be ...
Anonymous Drives Security Fears, But Not Spending
InformationWeek (blog)
By Mathew J. Schwartz InformationWeek Who are the groups voted most likely to lob cyber attacks at companies over the next six months? That would be the hacktivist set, including Anonymous, LulzSec Reborn, and their ilk.
Most IT and Security Professionals See Anonymous as Serious Threat to Their ...
PCWorld
Sixty-four percent of the nearly 2000 IT professionals who participated in Bit9's 2012 Cyber SecuritySurvey believe that their companies will suffer a cyberattack during the next six months and sixty-one percent of them chose hacktivists as the likely ...
It's Cyber Week in Congress: CISPA, 3 Other Bills up for Vote
Mashable
Four cybersecurity bills are scheduled for a vote in the House of Representatives this week — dubbed “cyber week” by some lawmakers who believe that digital security should be among Congress' top priorities. The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and ...
A divided Congress confronts a rising cyberthreat
Seattle Post Intelligencer
30, 2011 file photo shows a reflection of the Department of Homeland Security logo in the eyeglasses of a cybersecurity analyst at the watch and warning center of the Department of Homeland Security's secretive cyber defense facility in Idaho Falls, ...
Iran oil ministry under 'cyber attack': reports
DAWN.com
John Bumgarner, a cyber warfare expert who is chief technology officer of the USCyber Consequences Unit, holds a notebook computer while posing for a portrait in Charlotte. A cyber warfare expert claims he has linked the Stuxnet computer virus that ...
DAWN.com
Are All CISPA Supporters What They Appear to Be?
Forbes
As someone who researches and writes about the cybersecurity debate in the United States, I was particularly interested in one organization, the Cyber, Space & Intelligence Association (CSIA). I had not heard of the organization before, so my interest ...
Over half of UK companies expect a cyber-attack in next six months
SYS-CON Media (press release)
By PR Newswire LONDON, April 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In a survey of European IT managers, 54% of UK businesses questioned said that they expected a cyber-attack in the next six months. The most likely culprits will be hacktivists/ Anonymous ...
Report: Iranian government websites under cyber attack
Ynetnews
In recent years, Tehran has repeatedly announced it has defused malware in its industrial sector including the highly specialized Stuxnet in 2010, which it said had targeted the country's nuclear facilities. This round of cyber attack began Sunday, ...
Legislators to vote on controversial CISPA bill despite online protests
Fox News
The bill, known as the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), encourages information sharing between government and companies to protect against cyberattacks and for the purposes of homeland security. Unlike the much maligned SOPA and ...
Anonymous the Biggest Security Worry in IT, Bit9 Survey Says
eWeek
The Bit9 2012 Cyber Security Survey, released April 23, found that while 61 percent of the 1861 IT enterprise security professional who responded believe Anonymous or similar “hacktivist” groups were most likely to attack, most say the greatest danger ...
IT bosses expect cyber attack within six months
Computer Business Review
Most IT managers expect to be hit by a cyber attack in the next six months, with Anonymous seen as the greatest threat ahead of cyber criminals and competitors, according to a new survey. The survey, by advanced threat protection (ATP) vendor Bit9, ...
TN seen as likely cyber target
WBIR-TV
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has called cyberattacks "the most quickly evolving and most troubling set of threats" that her department sees, and technology experts say those threats could hit close to home in Tennessee.
WBIR-TV
2012 National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition Champion Crowned
MarketWatch (press release)
Presented by Deloitte for the 2012 season, the NCCDC pits teams of full-time college students from across the country against each other in an environment where cyber security skills are pushed to the limit. The United States Air Force Academy and ...
CISPA Sponsor Confident Of Bill's Passage
TPM
Despite the online protests of Web freedom advocacy groups, a new cybersecurity bill known as the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) has gathered supporters in Congress and the private sector as it heads towards a vote in the House...
TPM
Iran has repelled a cyber attack on Oil Ministry: report
Tehran Times
According to the report, the cyber attack disrupted Internet access at the aforementioned organizations and companies, and the relevant officials are investigating the issue. However, the Oil Ministry has not yet confirmed the report.
Why CISPA Could Do More Harm Than Good
WebProNews
CISPA, and other cybersecurity bills, has recently become front and center as cyber threats have grown more prevalent. Numerous lawmakers are pushing for legislation in hopes of lessening the concerns. But, what would CISPA actually do?
Congress Braces for Battle Over Cybersecurity Bill
Daily Beast
Drawing a line between privacy and security is never easy. It is far more difficult when the line is being drawn on Capitol Hill—particularly right now. The House begins debate this week on a bill dubbed the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection ...
Daily Beast
Cybersecurity Bill Hits House
Multichannel News
There has been a flurry of action on cybersecurity over the past few weeks as the House prepares to consider the bill, aimed at securing critical broadband networks. That included the release of a new draft version of HR 3523, the Cyber Intelligence ...
Nissan suffers major cyber attack [w/video]
By Chris Shunk
News Source: Nissan via TheDetroitBureau.com. Category: Etc., Safety, Nissan. Tags: andy palmer, customer data, cyber attack, cyberattack, data security, hacker, malware, nissan, security, securitybreech ...
Autoblog
Suspected Cyber-attack At Iran Oil Port | Ya Libnan | World News ...
By Ya Libnan
Filed Under crude oil, Cyber attack, Iran. Iranian authorities are looking into a suspectedcyber-attack at the country's main oil port but exports haven't been affected, an oil-industry official said Monday. The possible attack, coming after another ...
Ya Libnan
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By Glenn Reynolds
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XE.com - UPDATE 2-Suspected cyber attack hits Iran oil industry
Iran is investigating a suspected cyber attack on its main oil export terminal and on the Oil Ministry itself, Iranian industry sources said on Monday. ... Refresh Articles. UPDATE 2-Suspected cyber attack hits Iran oil industry. Top Articles ...
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Secret religious right Facebook group plotting cyber attack on gay ...
By BlackTsunami
Secret religious right Facebook group plotting cyber attack on gay community. Based upon information I received from an anonymous source, there is a project afoot by members of the religious right to strike at the gay community via sites like ...
Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters
Homeland Security Watch » What Is The Nature of the Cyber Threat?
By Arnold Bogis
... Cyber Threat? Filed under: Cybersecurity — by Arnold Bogis on April 23, 2012. As Ms. Herrera-Flanigan introduced in her last post, it is “Cybersecurity Week” for the U.S. House of Representatives. ... Starting with the “hair on fire” group, you have national security mavens such as former Special Advisor to the President for Cyber Security (among other things) Richard Clarke, who is concerned about cybercrime: FOR the last two months, senior government officials and private-sector ...
Homeland Security Watch
Mysterious Cyber Attack on Iranian Oil Data | New Middle East News
By admin
Oil ministry spokesman Alireza Nikzad told the government-run Fars News Agency, “This cyber attack has not damaged the main data of the oil ministry and the National Iranian Oil Company since the general servers are separate from the ...
New Middle East News
ISN Blog » Cyber War and Peace
By Joseph S. Nye
Cyber security is becoming increasingly important for governments (Photo: TTC Press Images/flickr). CAMBRIDGE – Two years ago, a piece of faulty computer code infected Iran's ... Some observers declared this apparent sabotage to be the harbinger of a new form of warfare, and United States Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta has warned Americans of the danger of a “cyber Pearl Harbor”attack on the US. But what do we really know about cyber conflict? The cyber domain of ...
ISN Blog
Insurance Industry in the U.K. Responds to Cyber Attack Increase
Last year was an extremely active year for data breaches, according to a new study. "The First Annual 2012 Data Privacy and Information Security Predictions" from Cyber Data-Risk Managers reported tha.
ProgramBusiness Daily NewsFlash
Suspected Cyber Attack Hits Iranian Oil Infrastructure - Sources
By Reuters
Iran is investigating a suspected cyber attack on its main oil export terminal and on the Oil Ministry itself, Iranian industry sources said on Monday. ... Suspected Cyber Attack Hits Iranian Oil Infrastructure – Sources. April 23, 2012 By Reuters ...
Doddle
No damage on Iran's Oil Ministry in recent cyber attack : The Iran ...
By hoda@iran
According to the Iranian officials, the website of Iran's Oil Ministry has come under a cyber attack but it couldn't harm the main data. Mehr reported, the Iranian Oil Ministry, the National Iranian Oil Company, and a number of other companies ...
The Iran Project
61% of IT Security Professionals Are Concerned About Attacks From ...
By jim
The 2012 Cyber Security Survey of nearly 2000 IT security experts set out to gauge the current state of enterprise security and identify the attack methods and cybercrimal groups that keep IT executives up at night. Complete survey results can ...
FISMA Focus
Suspected cyber attack hits Iranian oil infrastructure-sources ...
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian authorities are investigating a suspected cyber attack on Iran's main oil export terminal, Iranian industry sources said on Monday.
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Suspected cyber attack hits Iran oil industry | Reuters
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran is investigating a suspected cyber attack on its main oil export terminal and on the Oil Ministry itself, Iranian industry sources said on ...
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UK firms see competitors as greater cyber attack risk than criminals
More than half of UK firms expect a cyber attack in the next six months, but see competitors as a greater risk than criminals.
www.computerweekly.com/.../UK-firms-see-competitors-as-gr...
AFP: Iran oil sector hit by 'cyber attack'
By Mohammad Davari (AFP) – 7 hours ago. TEHRAN — A voracious virus attack has hit computers running key parts of Iran's oil sector, forcing authorities to ...
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Cybersecurity bills aim to prevent 'digital Pearl Harbor' - Apr. 23, 2012
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Cybercrime isn't just a threat to your bank account or personal computer -- it's an issue of national security. Foreign spies and ...
money.cnn.com/2012/04/23/technology/...bills/index.htm
Reports: Iran oil ministry under 'cyber attack' - Israel News, Ynetnews
Iran's oil ministry has come under a "cyber attack," with its website and affiliated sites appearing to be offline, Iranian media reported on Monday. The Mehr news ...
www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4219928,00.html
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