Computer Business Review
Symantec Cyber Security Intelligence manager Paul Wood said it appears to be a direct correlation between the rise in attacks against smaller businesses and a drop in attacks against larger ones. "It almost seems attackers are diverting their resources ...
Cyber Attack Threatens AutoCAD Software Business Users
Midsize Insider
As presented in an L.A. Times article, cyber attacks are on the rise and becoming even more costly, with the average attack taking a minimum of 18 days to recover from in 2011, up from 14 days in 2010. Additionally ... AutoCAD is used by many midsize ...
Raytheon to develop cyber maneuver technology for US Army
Sacramento Bee
PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has received a $3.1 million contract to develop technology for Morphing Network Assets to Restrict Adversarial Reconnaissance (MORPHINATOR), a program that uses cyber maneuvering techniques to thwart ...
Symantec: More than one-third of cyber-attacks aimed at SMEs
Computing
Symantec's cyber security intelligence manager Paul Wood said that it could be because attackers are diverting their resources to attack smaller organisations, perhaps as a gateway to a larger business' data – or just because they represent easier targets.
Computing
Cryptzone calls for cyber security to be taught in schools
IT PRO
Security vendor wants to see IT security education included in the National Curriculum. ... Cryptzone calls for cyber security to be taught in schools. Securityvendor wants to see IT security education included in the National Curriculum. By Cassie ...
IT PRO
One Secret That Stops Hackers: Girlfriends
InformationWeek
To be sure, that prescription is tongue-in-cheek, but it speaks to a hacking truth: Based on arrests of alleged Anonymous, LulzSec, TeamPoison, and other hacktivist group participants--not to mention many cyber-crime gangs--it's the rare participant ...
Websense delivers 10 new advanced malware and data theft defences with ...
ITWeb
With this release, the Websense TRITON solution redefines the security gateway. It provides enterprises with the deep protection, forensics and visibility necessary to understand: which individuals are subject to attacks; cyber crime tactics and ...
Napolitano speaks to governors on states' roles in cybersecurity
FederalNewsRadio.com
It is supposed to share news and early warnings of cyber threats with states, local governments and tribes. It also coordinates training programs, and it tries to educate state and local officials, as well as other people, on the need for cyber ...
Another day, another breach
Key Management Insights
Cyber criminals frequently attack social media sites which have large user databases and are perceived to have weaker security, a topic I discussed in length here. Web users often use the same password for multiple sites so the compromise of a password ...
DHS Blue Teams bear out agency compliance with cybersecurity rules
FederalNewsRadio.com
DHS is required by White House policy to assess agency compliance with TIC, and soon the othercyber initiatives as well. Homeland Security's Blue Teams are four-person units that work with agency customers to find the best time to do a week-long review.
World's Leading IT Security Certification Provider to Host Technical Hackers ...
SYS-CON Media (press release)
The final workshop of the series, "Managing the Multiple Personalities of GRC," will leave the participants prepared to navigate diverse international cyber regulations and compliance law. It's crucial to grasp this now in order to mitigate long-term ...
Umno, BN info machinery need to be intensified - Zahid
Malaysia Chronicle
BAGAN DATOH- The Umno and Barisan Nasional (BN) information machinery need to be intensified including creating cyber troopers to counter the oppositi... ... Umno vice-president Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said the opposition was using the social...
Malaysia Chronicle
How To Select A DDoS Mitigation Service
Dark Reading
The cyber world is full of anonymous arsonists, and too many businesses are operating without a fire department on call. A few ... Ways to detect when you're under attack; Insights into top securitythreats for enterprises and federal cybersecurity ...
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY : Readout of Secretary ...
4-traders
Secretary Napolitano delivered remarks highlighting the importance of public and private sector collaboration on cybersecurity and the Department's efforts to secure cyberspace. "Protecting critical infrastructure and cyberspace - including the systems ...
Top 10 Smart Grid Security Suggestions Are 'Achievable'
Renew Grid
To address some issues, the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) brought together various stakeholders to discuss smart grid cybersecurity and has released various recommendations. Here are the top 10 suggestions the ENISA report ...
Safe Surfing
Janesville Gazette (blog)
In June, The Boys & Girls Clubs of America launched an interactive campaign aimed to raise cybersafety awareness among club members, parents and guardians. With 95 percent of all teens online and 80 percent users of social media sites, it's more ...
This Week in Tech: Franken to quiz Facebook on facial recognition
The Hill (blog)
Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.), the chairman of the committee, said he hopes the Senate will include his Grid Cyber Security Act in a larger cybersecurity package. As the number of legislative days continues to shrink, it's still unclear if the Senate ...
iPhone app purchases hacked
iAfrica.com
ZDnet also suggested that the developer could simply be gathering Apple credentials in a cyber attack. Apple has responded to the incident, saying they are investigating the claims. Follow me on twitter AFP. MORE FEATURES. Cheap tablets to consider The ...
Iranian Commander Lambasts US, Israel for Promoting Terrorism
Fars News Agency
The general further explained that such areas of terrorism include, "terror of thoughts and thinking, assassination of scientists, conventional assassination attempts, cyberterror, cutting city and transportation roads, and support for cultural ...
Fars News Agency
IEDs – The ubiquitous threat
Security Debrief
In fact, the combined threat from a cyber attack on our emergency communications or power systems followed by a kinetic attack on our infrastructure is real and has significant consequences on our national security. The United States has learned many ...
Worldwide opposition to the next war against Iran
CASMII
There is also a psychological and cyber war going on against the country's nuclear scientists and installations, led by the US Empire and its client state Israel. According to ... Currently, we are witnessing a remake of the prologue that led to the ...
Military Student Transition Consultant to Serve Bossier Parish
Sacramento Bee
The program, funded through a partnership that includes the Bossier Chamber of Commerce, the Military Affairs Council, Cyber Innovation Center, Barksdale Forward, and the Greater Bossier Economic Development Foundation, embeds a carefully trained ...
Of PDP, internet and opposition parties
Nigerian Tribune
In specific terms, a long list of cyber activists and solders appeared to have been deployed by the opposition coalition encompassing forces from home and abroad, waging a relentless war of words and propaganda against the establishment. The boldness ...
The week ahead: GOP to attack White House energy policies in hearings, bill ...
The Hill (blog)
In the Senate this week, the Energy and Natural Resources Committee will hold a Tuesday hearing “to examine the status of action taken to ensure that the electric grid is protected from cyberattacks,” an advisory states. The quartet of witnesses will ...
Apple Mac OS malware threat to grow, claims Kaspersky chief
V3.co.uk
Company's Mac operating system to be next cyber crime boom area,Security,Privacy,Operating Systems ,Kaspersky,Malware,Hacking,Apple,iOS,Cybercrime,Smartphones,iPhone,Mac OS.
V3.co.uk
Militants want Pak, India war: MaliK
South Asian News Agency
KARACHI, (SANA): Advisor to the Prime Minister on Interior Affairs Rehman Malik has said that Pakistan and India are both victims of cyber crime, adding that extremists from India were involved in five terrorist attacks in India, adding that Pakistan ...
South Asian News Agency
Surveillance, Domestic Spying and Invasion of Privacy in Post-Sept. 11 America
Highbrow Magazine
Three recent legislative initiatives have bolstered widening public objections; namely, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the Stop Online Privacy Act (SOPA), and the Cyber Internet Security Protection Act (CISPA). The combination of these ...
Highbrow Magazine
Hard National Security Choices
Lawfare (blog)
The clock is ticking for Congress to reach a compromise on cybersecurity legislation. With three weeks left before the August recess, Jennifer Martinez at The Hill tells us what's ... For more interesting law and security-related articles, follow us on ...
Efforts Underway to Provide Trusted Supplier Standard
SYS-CON Media (press release)
The expert panel consists of Dave Lounsbury, Chief Technical Officer at The Open Group; Dan Reddy, Senior Consultant Product Manager in the Product Security Office at EMC Corp.; Andras Szakal, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at IBM's U.S ...
SYS-CON Media (press release)
Cyber war on Iran has only just begun | Defense Technology News ...
By Agence France-Presse
Although the Iranian regime remains vulnerable to more cyber attacks in the aftermath of the “Stuxnet” worm that disrupted its uranium enrichment work, Tehran may be receiving help from Russian proxies for its digital security, some analysts ...
Defense Technology News at DefenceTal...
Chemical Facility Security News: Congressional Hearings – Week of ...
By PJCoyle
As I mentioned in an earlier blog, there is little in the bill specifically mentioning cybersecurity, there will likely be some sort of amendments that will deal with cybersecurity or cyber-warfare issues. Or maybe not; only one amendment has been ...
Chemical Facility Security News
Turkish Police Informant Files Leaked By Red Hack - Cyber War News
By Lee J
Cyber War News ... And today, Attorney at Law, and the authors 'state of cyber' attack added another one today. @ BirGun_Gazetesi'ne aşağılıkça were ... headlines · NYU-Poly Will Open Cyber Security Awareness Week Events · leaks ...
Cyber War News
ISO27001 expert, Alan Calder, to speak about The Business ...
By James Warren
If you are serious about improving your cyber security to comply with international standards, then I can help you. I promise you, it will be worth your time! Tags: Cybersecurity, ISO 27001, ISO27001. This entry was posted on Monday, July 16th, ...
IT Governance Blog on IT governance,...
World's Leading IT Security Certification Provider To Host Technical ...
By APSM
“The Art of Cyber War — Network Hacking and Defense”, the fourth workshop, is not a mockery of Sun Tzu's Art of War but a cyber environment complement. This segment of the series will comprehensively address best practices and ...
Asia Pacific Security Magazine
Kratos Receives Contract Award Valued At Up To $10 Million to ...
By Sara Bryant
... cyber warfare, cybersecurity, information assurance, and critical infrastructure security. Kratos has primarily an engineering and technical oriented work force of approximately 4400, many of whom hold an active National Security clearance, ...
Mesh Press
Cybersecurity simulation - YouTubeAn elite cyberthreat working group made up of industry experts and government officials is ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=du6g__lgS3Q
Twitter / Brian_Whit: Reported cyber attack on S
Reported cyber attack on SANA website http://networkedblogs.com/zTaPz #syria ... @Brian_Whit They have no shame, they claim SANA is under DDoS-attacks ...
twitter.com/Brian_Whit/status/224403842836602881/
General Keith Alexander talked about the increasing frequency of cyber attacks in the U.S. and ...
www.c-spanvideo.org/program/ThreatstotheU
This Blog Under Cyber Attack Again » Secondhand Smoke | A First ...
Somebody really doesn't want you to read Secondhand Smoke. Last week, an attack of some sort made Google, Firefox, and other sites think coming here could ...
www.firstthings.com/.../this-blog-under-cyber-attack-again/
Cyber attack against Israeli websites used local computers, security ...
Gil Shwed, founder of computer security firm Check Point, says most recent in a wave of cyberattacks used thousands of local devices used as remote 'bots.'
www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.407820
Video: Bret Hartman of RSA on Cyber Defense
Forbes
Hartman: So earlier this year, RSA was a target of a major cyber attack. And this is a pretty big deal, because RSA is a big supplier of information security for a large part of the IT industry. We support the government, the Department of Defense, the ...
The March and April 2000 Hack on Maroochy Shire: Cyber History Made
SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)
In October 2001 an Australian man was sent to prison for two years for what was probably the firsthacker generated cyber attack against civilian infrastructure in history. This event at Maroochy Shire, Queensland, is worth study for several reasons ...
Experts: U.S. Cyber War on Iran Has Just Begun
Arutz Sheva
Experts believe a U.S. cyber war against Iran's nuclear program has only just begun and could escalate. ... Although the Iranian regime remains vulnerable to more cyberattacks in the aftermath of the Stuxnet worm that disrupted its uranium enrichment ...
Arutz Sheva
Cyber-crooks Exploiting user 'Bad Habits' this Olympics, Says Kaspersky
SPAMfighter News
Security investigators at security company Kaspersky Labs warn Internet bankers of cyber-criminals who're targeting the former with phishing assaults while capitalizing on end-user "bad habits" for disseminating malicious programs. ... and Analysis ...
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