CSO
"Although it's natural to assume that hacktivists such as Anonymous and LulzSec might be responsible [for the SOCA attack], it's equally possible that other cybercriminals are to blame," commented Graham Cluley of security company Sophos.
National Preparedness Report: Cyber Attacks Still Major Threat Against ...
Huffington Post
While the nation has made strides in preparing for a wide range of potential disasters, state and local officials said they feel least prepared for an emerging threat: a cyber attack. Cybersecurity"was the single core capability where states had made ...
Cyber attack warning for London 2012
CSO
By Anh Nguyen May 03, 2012 — Computerworld UK — Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude has warned that the London 2012 Olympic Games "will not be immune" to cyber attacks. Maude, speaking on a visit to Estonia, pointed out that the Beijing Olympics in ...
London Olympics 'not immune' to cyber attack
InformationWeek
Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude has warned that the London Olympics will not be immune to cyber attack. 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 ...
UK Ministry of Defence web site hit by cyber attack
Inquirer
By Lee Bell THE UK MINISTRY OF DEFENCE (MoD) has revealed that its web site was recently breached by a cyber attack, and has warned that Britain faces a growing threat of intrusions. The MoD's security chief major general Jonathan Shaw made the claim ...
Summer Olympics Security Preparing for Cyber Attacks
Tom's Guide
"We have rightly been preparing for some time a dedicated unit which will help guard the London Olympics against cyber attack," he said at the International Center for Defense Studies in Estonia. "We are determined to have a safe and secure Games.
Indian Researchers Develop Software to Stop Cyber Attack Bots
Scientific American (blog)
By Larry Greenemeier | May 4, 2012 | Apple Mac users have received a rude awakening over the past month: Their computers suddenly seem more vulnerable to cyber attacks. Not only have the machines been targeted by a group of malicious software (malware) ...
Scientific American (blog)
UK's Serious Organised Crime Agency website shut down by cyber attack
Newstrack India
London, May 4 (ANI): UK's Serious Organised Crime Agency's (SOCA) website had to be shut down after it fell victim to a cyber attack for the second time in less than a year. The attackcomes in less than a week after SOCA led an international operation ...
Cyber security is weakest link in state preparedness, according to FEMA survey
Government Security News
Although states have made huge strides in emergency and natural disaster preparedness, they're still vulnerable to Cyber disasters, according to the Federal Emergency Management National Preparedness Report released on May 4. The report said the nation ...
House Passes Cyber Intelligence Sharing Bill With Substantial Industry Support ...
JD Supra (press release)
CISPA is supported by many communications and technology companies (eg, Verizon, AT&T, Facebook, and Microsoft) as a critical step in protecting the nation's infrastructure and nationalsecurity from cyber attacks, by permitting the sharing of cyber ...
UK Organized Crime Agency Hit by Cyber Attack
eSecurity Planet
By Jeff Goldman | May 03, 2012 The Web site for the UK's Serious Organized Crime Agency (SOCA) was recently taken offline following a DDoS attack. "The organization, which recently shut down 36 web sites that it said were trading in stolen credit card ...
eSecurity Planet
Bit9 Surveys Nearly 2000 IT and Security Professionals for 2012 Cyber Security ...
Virtual-Strategy Magazine
Namtek partner, Bit 9, has released findings from its 2012 Cyber Security Survey, revealing 62 percent of respondents are most concerned about targeted methods of attack. Bedford, NH, May 04, 2012 --(PR.com)-- Namtek Corp., an IT security systems ...
London Olympics 2012 could be vulnerable to cyber attacks: Minister
Zee News
Maude, who is responsible for the UK Office of Cyber Security, issued this warning during a visit to Estonia. He said attackers "would seek to disrupt the Games" likening it to that of Beijing Olympics, which witnessed over 12 millioncybersecurity ...
Zee News
Hackers plan attack on Russian government sites
Orlando Sentinel
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The activist hacker group Anonymous said on Friday it planned to attackRussian government websites in order to support opposition protests ahead of Vladimir Putin's inauguration as president. In an Internet video that went viral, ...
Indian Deputy NSA Calls for Coordinated Approach to Deal with Cyber Security
CIO
India's Deputy National Security Advisor Latha Reddy has called for increasing co-operation among government agencies as well between the government and private companies to deal with the increasing threats posed by cyber attacks.
Grant Thornton, TechAmerica Survey: Cyber Tops Agency CIOs Concerns
ExecutiveGov
In surveying 40 federal CIOs, information resources management and congressional staff members, Grant Thorton and TechAmerica found cybersecurity was a greater concern than cost control, human capital, a centralized agency policy and mobility. Cyber ...
Cyber Risks Economics 101
Business Finance Magazine
The companies have formed many regional grids, which means that an electrical supplier that found itself under cyber attack would be able to avail itself of power from nearby systems." Does that mean that organizational cyber-security threats also may ...
Ministry of Defence top secret systems hacked, head of cyber security reveals
Daily Mail
By Simon Tomlinson Cyber criminals have managed to hack into some of the Ministry of Defence's top secret computer systems, the military's head ofcyber-security has admitted. Major General Jonathan Shaw said the number of serious incidents was 'quite ...
Daily Mail
Building a cyber workforce from the ground up
Defense Systems
Langevin noted that his goals for federal cybersecurity progress are bolstered by the recently passed Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act and the Federal Information Security Act, at least to some degree, and are a good start.
IT security and new regulations needed to protect critical infrastructures
ZDNet
The increasing connectedness of infrastructure not only makes us more vulnerable to cyber security attacks but increases the cascading effect an attack can have on other infrastructure sectors and capabilities. When PDD-63 was enacted, ...
'DRDO yet to develop foolproof cyber defence programme'
Daily News & Analysis
By DNA Correspondent | Place: Bangalore | Agency: DNA Despite the increasing threat posed by those who commit cyber crimes to national security, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), which is responsible for developing technology for ...
How Congress fear mongers cybersecurity
FierceGovernmentIT
Cries of "Cyber War!" carry pretty loudly. But let's look at the most recent example of cyber fear mongering in action to get a better idea about why it is indeed false. I refer to that font of reasons to be fearful, the House Homeland Security ...
Army contracts help for cybersecurity
UPI.com
The support, which includes managerial support, is being given to the Department of DefenseCyber Crime Center through a task order awarded by the General Services Administration's Federal Integration and Management Center. The value of the task order, ...
CISPA Hurts Americans, says UmeNow CEO
Houston Chronicle
"We are asking all patriotic Americans to write their Senators to defeat the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act and other laws like it that assume spying on Americans is the way to keep us safe," stated Evelyn Castillo-Bach, CEO of UmeNow, ...
Why the Government Can't Remain the Cybersecurity Czar
Brookings Institution
Last week, the controversial cybersecurity bill known as the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act passed the House of Representatives. CISPA, which would provide a mechanism for the government and private companies to share information ...
Brookings Institution
Survival of the Fittest Is Best Defense for Cyber Attacks
Wall Street Journal
Judging from his April 23 op-ed "Everyone Should Pay for Cyber Defense," Martin Feldstein doesn't know enough about software, biology or evolution. Why is biology important? Because software hacking—and defense against it—is most closely related to ...
IT industry news: Francis Maude warns of London 2012 cyber attacks
Computeach
Speaking during a visit to Estonia this week, Mr Maude claimed that the prestigious sporting event "will not be immune" to cyber attacks. The politician noted that approximately 12 million separate cyber security incidents were reported in connection ...
Computeach
India develops cyber defense to protect vital sectors from cyber attack
By Manzar Chaudhury
India develops cyber defense to protect vital sectors from cyber attack. May 4, 2012 By Manzar Chaudhury Leave a Comment. To protect significant sectors like defense, power and railways from sophisticated cyber attacks India is developing ...
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Olympic Games 'not immune' to cyber-attack
By admin
“The London Olympics 'will not be immune' to cyber-attack, Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude has warned. He said ... The Daily FedCyber.com Update provides a summary feed ofcyber security news with a focus on the federal space.
CTOlist.com
Anonymous Reloaded. yesterday, today, tomorrow | Security Affairs
By paganinip
Around the 64% of the nearly 2000 IT professionals who participated in Bit9′s 2012 Cyber Security Survey believe that their companies will be target of a cyber attack during the next six months and 61% of them chose hacktivists as the likely ...
Security Affairs
Campaign group suspects govt involvement in 'massive' cyber attack ...
Avaaz says an ongoing attack could be retaliation for human rights campaigns. The website of campaign group Avaaz is under a sustained Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack, possibly launched by a government or large organisation.
CBR - News
London Olympics 'not immune' to cyber attack
By Team Cymru Internet Security News
Via Team Cymru Internet Security News. "Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude has warned that the London Olympics will not be immune to cyber attack. The man who urged all Blighty to start stocking up on petrol by pouring it into jerry cans ...
Digital Rights Watch
UK's Serious Organised Crime Agency's website ... - The Hacker News
By noreply@blogger.com (THN Reporter)
Leading resource in providing information & updates to security experts and hackers worldwide.Security Blog ! ... The Serious Organised Crime Agency's website was temporarily shut down today after a cyber attack.It was the victim of a scam ...
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Securing such critical corporate and business information from cyber-attack requires effective threat management solutions. The effectiveness of the solution lies in its strength to provide the networks and databases with good firewall protections and information security systems.
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Threats to Industrial Systems Are Growing, Says Homeland Security ...
By admin
Threats to Industrial Systems Are Growing, Says Homeland Security Cyber Chief. “The government is witnessing an uptick in assaults on the computers that control industrial operations such as power transmission and transportation, the top Homeland SecurityDepartment cybersecurity official said this week.” Source: Threats to Industrial Systems Are Growing, Says Homeland Security Cyber Chief. Share RiskIntel - ...
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Frederick Karen Millen Alliance urges against cyber ... - SSPA - AgorÃ
By karenmillensale05
Karen Millen Dresses On Thursday are included a meeting with CIA Director Daniel Petraeus and a visit to the U.S. center for cyber security on the program. Even in Germany, has been working for about a year a cyber-defense center that will be gathered there, officials of ... Clearly attributable to a hacker attack is an author, one of the biggest problems with such incidents. Data tracks can be easily manipulated, even if a track can be traced back to a country about to Russia or China, ...
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House Passes Cyber Intelligence Sharing Bill With Substantial ...
By Ronald London
While CISPA facilitates sharing of information to protect national security interests, it does not impose government cybersecurity standards on the private sector. To address privacy concerns, CISPA provides that cyber threat information shared ...
Privacy and Security Law Blog
Hackers Find Holes Behind the Great Firewall | Cyber Warzone
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Hackers Find Holes Behind the Great Firewall. Posted on 03. May, 2012 by siavash Tag: China's Great Firewall, Cyber Attack, cyber security, cyber warfare, hacker · Share this · Pick a random article for me. Millions of passwords stolen through ...
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Could Your Business Recover From A Disaster? | IT Governance ...
By Melanie Watson
If your business suffers a major disaster – whether it be an IT service breakdown, a cyber attackor a natural disaster – will you be able to continue trading? Do you have a business continuity plan? ... IT Governance Blog on IT governance, risk management, compliance and informationsecurity. IT Governance Ltd source, create and deliver products and services to meet the real-world, evolving IT governance needs of today's organizations, directors, managers and practitioners.
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Big Brother is Bipartisan | OzHouse Alt News
By OzHouse
oilprice.com Now that the House of Representatives has approved a controversial bill on cyber security, which the White House has promised to veto, the ball. ... 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. The Senate bill more specifically targets companies controlling the nation's critical ...
OzHouse Alt News
Cyber-attack shuts crime body's website - Yahoo! News
LONDON (Reuters) - Hackers attacked the website of Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA), a spokesman said on Thursday, the latest in a wave of assaults ...
news.yahoo.com/cyber-attack-shuts-crime-bodys-website-140...
UK prepared for Olympic cyber attack, says minister
The 2012 Olympics in London will not be immune to cyber attacks by those who would seek to disrupt the Games, says Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude.
www.computerweekly.com/.../UK-prepared-for-Olympic-cybe...
Cybersecurity at the International Level
Many countries are drafting domestic policies to combat cyber attacks and cyber crime, but the larger question is what can be done on the multilateral level since ...
www.infosecisland.com/.../21183-Cybersecurity-at-the-Interna...
Cybersecurity - Nextgov - Nextgov.com
Cybersecurity ranks as top concern in federal CIO survey. Controlling costs, human capital, governmentwide modernization efforts and mobility are lower on the ...
www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/
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