Reuters
The national police agency, often described as the British FBI, said it closed the website late on Wednesday after it came under attack from an unknown source. Internet activist groups such as Anonymous, LulzSec and Antisec have previously been linked ...
London Olympics 'not immune' to cyber attack
Register
The man who urged all Blighty to start stocking up on petrol by pouring it into jerry cans said that a crack team has been set up dedicated to guarding the Games against attack. "The Beijing Olympics saw 12 million cyber security incidents during their ...
SOCA web site taken down after cyber attack
Inquirer
By Lee Bell UK LAW ENFORCEMENT BODY the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) was forced to take its website off line Wednesday night following a cyber attack. "SOCA elected to take its website temporarily offline at approximately 10pm last night.
London Olympic Games at risk of cyber-attack, claims Maude
The Guardian
According to the minister, a specialist team has been set up, dedicated to guarding the Games against attack. "The Beijing Olympics saw 12 million cyber security incidents during their Olympics," he said. "We have rightly been preparing for some time ...
Attack takes Soca crime agency website down
BBC News
The website of the UK's Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) has been taken offline following a cyber-attack. Soca confirmed to the BBC that soca.gov.uk had suffered a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack. A spokesman said the site was taken ...
BBC News
Soca website shut down by cyber attack
Telegraph.co.uk
The Serious Organised Crime Agency's website has been forced offline by a cyber attack for the second time in less than a year. By Christopher Williams, Technology Correspondent It comes in less than a week after the agency led an international ...
Telegraph.co.uk
Stopping the cyber espionage threat | The Republic
The Republic
It's the threat to America's cyber security. Hackers are busy at work all around the world striking the United States via the Internet in an attempt to steal valuable intellectual property and sensitive information. Using the same methods, these cyber ...
Serious Organised Crime Agency website hit by cyber attack
Evening Standard
The UK's national crime fighting agency has fallen victim to a cyber attack by computer hackers. The Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) - which fights cyber criminals - has been forced to close its website down after it was targeted last night.
UK's SOCA website taken offline in DDoS attack
ZDNet (blog)
Social networks speculate Anonymous may have been behind the attack, known Twitter handles for the hacking collective has not made any statement or reference to the cyber-attack. Hacktivist group LulzSec had previously forced the website offline using ...
Hackers paralyse Soca website in new cyber attack
The Sun
The Serious Organised Crime Agency's (Soca) website has been taken temporarily offline after it was paralysed by a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. This involves web servers being overloaded by a flood of requests from a network of ...
The Sun
SOCA website brought down by cyber criminals
Computing
By Stuart Sumner The website of the UK's Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) has been brought down by cyber criminals executing a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. This is the second time in under 12 months that the organisation's web ...
Computing
Hackers bring down website of 'Britain's FBI' with cyber attack
Mail on Sunday
By Rick Dewsbury The Serious Organised Crime Agency's website was temporarily shut down today after a cyber attack. It was the victim of a scam known as distributed denial of service (DDOS) whereby an internet address is flooded with bogus traffic, ...
Cyber security is hottest IT skill
InfoWorld
By Carolyn Duffy Marsan | Network World Embattled by hactivists, cyber criminals and foreign rivals seeking to steal proprietary information, US corporations are ramping up their hiring ofcyber security experts, with open jobs reaching an all-time ...
Cyber Security Training and Education Information Added to U.S. News ...
Sacramento Bee
An interest in technology - and a talent for putting it to use - are ideal traits for cyber securitystudents. Credentials are available at many levels, from one-year certificates to six-year master's degrees in cybersecurity. Cyber security is just ...
TeleCommunication Systems Awarded Three Contracts to Deliver Cyber Security ...
MarketWatch (press release)
"The DoD recognizes that action is imperative to ensure that their systems and personnel are ready for the advanced persistent threat of cyber warfare," said Drew Morin, senior vice president and chief technology officer at TCS.
DoD, DHS officials keep pressure on Congress for new cyber laws
FederalNewsRadio.com
"Cyber week" in the House included passage of four bills: one dealing with updates to information assurance in federal agencies, another handling cybersecurity information sharing, and two others that dealt with federal cybersecurity research.
House Reauthorizes NSF Cyber Grants
ExecutiveGov
Cyber bills have dominated the House's agenda this past week, including a bill that reauthorizes several National Science Foundation grant-funded cyber programs, FierceGovernment IT reports. The House passed the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act last ...
Hackers have breached top secret MoD systems, cyber-security chief admits
The Guardian
The Serious Organised Crime Agency, took its website offline on Wednesday night after becoming the target of a cyber-attack. A spokesman said the attack did not pose a security risk to the organisation. Shaw, a veteran of the Falklands and Iraq wars, ...
The Guardian
Serious Organised Crime Agency website victim of DDoS cyber attack
Metro
Last June the Soca website was targeted by LulzSec hackers but it is thought the loosely-organised group of hacktivists Anonymous is behind the latest attack. 'The action was taken to limit the impact of a DDoS attack on other clients hosted by our...
Metro
Commentary: China's cyber war against Michigan's middle class
The Detroit News
By US Rep Mike Rogers China, Russia and Iran are flagged as nation-states who employ cyberspies for theft of American intellectual property. (Illustration by Ray Stanczak / The Detroit News) The US auto industry has helped give rise to the strongest ...
SOCA site taken down by cyber attack
Public Service
The Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) has confirmed that its website was taken down following a Distributed Denial of Service (DDos) cyber attack, the BBC has reported. SOCA has however stated that the cyber attack did not pose "asecurity threat" ...
Public Service
Cyber security hub exposed attack on UK defence firms
Information Age
A cyber attack targeting UK defence companies was exposed by the security information sharing system set up by the government, Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude revealed in a speech today. "We recently pioneered a joint public/private sector cyber ...
Games could face cyber attack: Government
Birmingham Mail (blog)
Speaking during a visit to Estonia, Mr Maude said the UK was aware of the dangers from "the dark side of cyberspace", citing last year's launch of the National Cyber Security Programme and the decision to rate electronic attacks a tier one UKthreat to ...
SOCA hit by cyber attack
PCR-online.biz
He said: "The Beijing Olympics saw 12 million cyber security incidents during their Olympics. “We have rightly been preparing for some time — a dedicated unit will help guard the London Olympics against cyber attack — we are determined to have a safe ...
PCR-online.biz
Cyber Security Training and Education Information Added to US News University ...
MarketWatch (press release)
TAMPA, Fla., May 3, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Finding a college or university that offers the right cyber security degree program traditionally takes hours of research. Now, students interested in this fast-growing profession can find what ...
Soca website offline after hacker attack
Channel 4 News
The Serious Organised Crime Agency website has temporarily been taken offline after a cyber attack by hackers. The distributed denial of service (DDOS) attack, which involves websites being hit by a flood of users at the same time, was carried out on ...
Channel 4 News
Threats to Industrial Systems Are Growing, Says Homeland Security Cyber Chief
Mashable
Mark Weatherford, the first-ever deputy undersecretary for cybersecurity at DHS's National Protection and Programs Directorate, knows a lot about the topic and how government sharescyber intelligence with industry operators. Before joining DHS in fall ...
Cyber attack warning for London 2012
ComputerworldUK
By Anh Nguyen | Computerworld UK | Published 11:10, 03 May 12 Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude has warned that the London 2012 Olympic Games “will not be immune” to cyberattacks. Check out our Business IT Hub for opinions and briefings.
Cyber Bill Passes House – Time for the Senate to Act
Shopfloor
The NAM-supported Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (HR 3523) recently passed the US House of Representatives with strong bipartisan support. This bill is the first step toward better securing our nation and our economy from emerging ...
April/May 2012 Lite Challenge Entry: Cyber-Attack
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Cartographers' Guild
How the Newest Cybersecurity Bill Makes It Easier for the NSA to ...
By Peter Suderman
But that's exactly what a majority of House Republicans and 42 House Democrats did last week when they voted 248 to 168 to pass the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), which would make it easier for Internet companies ...
Reason.com Full Feed
Researchers Claim Cyber Attacks Could Be Prevented By ...
By Jonathan Davis
A new network traffic splitting system could provide security professionals with advance warning of cyber-attacks. ... Attack variants or newly created attacks the sensors are unable to detect can still slip through and cause havoc. New security ...
VR-Zone Articles
Abu Dhabi to host world's leading experts at Cyber Security Forum ...
Preventing the attack is one large part of the comprehensive security equation, but quick reaction, seamless management, and immediate response is also a key element to safeguard our systems." Hervé Guillou ... Thus, we are very proud to contribute to this 1st InternationalCyber Security Forum for Energy and Utilities - not only as a sponsor, but as well with the active support of Cassidian Cyber Security experts to the program and our booth at the exhibition. There we show our ...
Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire: CYBERSECURITY: Policy and ...
By Michele Kearney
This webinar will explore potential ramifications from proposed cybersecurity legislation and how it could affect businesses large and small. Topics of discussion include: How will loomingcyber security policy issues affect industry? What are ...
Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire
Nation's Health Sector and the National Health ISAC Lead National ...
By National Health ISAC
The health sector represents the highest breached industry with a persistent and cascadingcyber attack security threat landscape. As enterprise security demands accelerate, the value of nationwide coordinated healthcare cybersecurity ...
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Olympic Games 'not immune' to cyber-attack | InfoWar.com
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He said attackers 'would seek to disrupt the Games', noting that the Beijing Olympics saw 12 million cybersecurity incidents in 2008.” Source: BBC News – Olympic Games 'not immune' tocyber-attack. You must be logged in to post a comment ...
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China vs Philippines, cyber war or hacktivism? | Security Affairs
By paganinip
In the last month has been registered a surprising activity that opposes China and Philippines, continuous and reciprocal attacks attack to the sound of bits and byte have been conduced, are we facing with a cyber conflict? The Chinese engagement in cyberspace isn't a surprise, it's new the ... When I speak of cyber warfare and cyber attacks I always think on how crucial is the defense of critical infrastructures. Chines Government has the capabilities to infiltrate foreign networks ...
Security Affairs
MP Warns the Olympics Might Get Hacked as SOCA's Site Lays ...
By Sam Gibbs
“We have rightly been preparing for some time — a dedicated unit will help guard the London Olympics against cyber attack — we are determined to have a safe and secure Games.” Maude, who is also head of the Office for Cyber Security, has seen the government allocate some £650m towards fighting cyber treats over the next four years. Despite the cyber cops' best efforts, there's no telling whether the 2012 Olympics will be able to withstand the inevitable hacking onslaught.
Gizmodo UK
17 Year Old KPN Hacker Has Been Freed Temporarily But Can't ...
By VOGH Reporter
VOGH- VOICE OF GREYHAT| Leading Resource of Cyber-Security & Hacking News ... Philippine China Cyber-War. Govt Sites, DBM, Radio Network, Universities Compromised ... Anon Member "Havittaja" Took Responsibility of This Attack ...
VOGH- VOICE OF GREYHAT| Leading...
Big Brother is Bipartisan, Good to Know
By corporate@oilprice.com (Jen Alic)
Now that the House of Representatives has approved a controversial bill on cyber security, which the White House has promised to veto, the ball is in the Senate's court, which would propose a much harder-hitting bill if it could muster the support . ... Everything is connected, and the government will lose its competitive advantage in the new theater of cyber warfare without some tough legislation to help it better govern cyberspace and lean on information “owned” by private companies.
OilPrice.com Daily News Update
CYBERCOM as a Standalone Combatant Command, International ...
By admin
Today's federal cybersecurity and information technology news round-up: Gen. ... The European Union is seeking closer ties to the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Bureau of Investigation on cyber crime. More here.
CTOlist.com
Lawfare › Susan Landau on Cybersecurity Bills
By Jack Goldsmith
All four allow “information sharing” of cyber threats, but each bill proposes a different federal agency with which the private sector should share the information: Department of HomelandSecurity, military cybersecurity centers, unspecified ...
Lawfare
ISPA launches iCode to boost local cyber security
By IT News Africa
South Africa's Internet Service Providers' Association (ISPA) today announced it would lead the development of a new voluntary code of practice to improve cyber security for end-users. ISPA spokesperson Ant Brooks (image: ISPA). Known as ...
IT News Africa news alert
Enhancing America's cyber security - Opinion - The Boston Globe
Over 1.5 million cards from Visa and Mastercard were digitally stolen through a cyber attack — where thieves sneak in through computer viruses, not open ...
www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2012/04/30/.../story.html
House Passes Two Cybersecurity Bills : : Privacy and Information ...
On April 26, 2012, the U.S. House of Representatives approved the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (“CISPA” or H.R. 3523), which is aimed at ...
www.huntonprivacyblog.com/.../house-passes-two-cybersecuri...
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