By Gerard
According to a report by cloud security firm Trend Micro, whose EMEA headquarters are located in Cork, the second quarter of 2012 showed a dramatic increase in cyber attacks and Pinterest is now the “social media platform of choice” for cyber criminals. The company says it ...Organization of tried-and-true attack methods, such as the Blackhole Exploit Kit, offers technical support for criminals looking to collect personal financial information • The IXESHE malwaretargeted enterprises ...
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Lieberman Worried That Cyber Attack 'Could Be Imminent'
NewsMax.com
Keith Alexander, head of the National Security Agency in Cyber Command, said recently that theft over the Internet has amounted now to the largest involuntary transfer of money in the history of the world, as much as $1 trillion. “We're very vulnerable to attack ...
Cyber Bill Relies on Voluntary Security
Wall Street Journal
Susan Collins (R., Maine) and several Democrats—are seeking to break a logjam oncybersecurity legislation. Earlier versions of the bill stalled largely over Republican objections to the security requirements for critical infrastructure, which they said amounted ...
Senators rally support for cybersecurity bill
The Hill (blog)
Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) and co-sponsors of his cybersecurity bill on Tuesday called for the Senate to pass the measure before the August recess, arguing it would ensure the United States averts a devastating "cyber 9/11" attack. The co-sponsors defended a revised ... The revamped bill drops provisions that would have required operators of critical infrastructure to meet a set of security standards developed, in part, by the Homeland Security Department. The revised bill proposes to establish a program where critical ...
Iran nuclear facilities hit by cyber attack that plays AC/DC's Thunderstruck at full ...
Daily Mail
As far as malicious computer hacking is concerned, the most recent breach ofsecurity at Iran's nuclear facilities may not be very serious... unless you hate the music of Australian rock band AC/DC. It has been alleged that unidentified computer ... Many experts believe that the future of warfare will heavily rely on a nation's ability to 'spike' their enemies' computer networks. Recently the Chinese have been suspected over a ... This type of cyber attack can be two way.Get ready to listen to something undesirable on your ...
Daily Mail
Cyber attack forces Iranian nuclear computers to play AC/DC at full volume
eGov monitor
Cyber attack forces Iranian nuclear computers to play AC/DC at full volume. Source: The Information Daily Published Wednesday, July 25, 2012 - 13:26. Cyber warfare has been taken to a new, hard rockin' level. According to one security expert, a computer virus has attacked computer systems in Iran and forced them to play heavy metal, at full volume, during the middle of the night. The computer worm reportedly compromises the ...
Lookingglass Cyber Solutions and iSIGHT Partners Team to Make Threat ...
MarketWatch (press release)
ARLINGTON, Va., Jul 25, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Lookingglass Cyber Solutions, a pioneer incyber security whose revolutionary platform delivers emerging network threat intelligence, and iSIGHT Partners, the leading provider of global cyber intelligence, today announced the integration of iSIGHT's industry leading ... This integration provides customers visibility into theattack surface utilized by sophisticated adversaries targeting them and/or their suppliers - a key pillar to effective cyber threat management.
Syria 'likely to face cyber attack'
Public Service
Colonel (ret'd) Richard Kemp, a former commander of British forces in Afghanistan, wrote that cyber warfare would be an effective tool due to its "anonymous, deniable and inexpensive" nature. Kemp also suggested that cyber warfare was "comparatively ...
Public Service
HITRUST Expands Cybersecurity Center With Launch Of First Cyber Threat ...
Dark Reading
Frisco, TX – July 24, 2012 – The Health Information Trust Alliance (HITRUST) today launched the HITRUST Cyber Threat Analysis Service (C-TAS), a unique collaborative platform for cyberdefense specific to the healthcare industry and a new component of ...
Revamped Cyber Bill Relaxes Rules On Private Sector
Talk Radio News Service
“A cyber attack is a threat not just to our national security, but also to our economic prosperity and our way of life.” Some Republicans, however, are still in opposition to the updated legislation. An aide to Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) told reporters Tuesday ...
AC/DC cyber ambush on Iranian nuclear labs
Sydney Morning Herald
IRAN'S nuclear facilities have suffered a cyber attack that shut down computers and played music from Australian rock band AC/DC, according to an internet security website. A new worm has targeted Iran's nuclear program, shutting down the ''automation ...
Cybersecurity bill poised for Senate consideration
Washington Post
President Obama, whose administration once considered such a mandate essential, last week urged passage of the legislation, stating in an opinion piece that “the cyber threat to our nation is one of the most serious economic and national security ...
Obama Makes Cybersecurity a Priority
Independent Voter Network
The remarks were inspired by the Black Hat 2012 Conference, designed to bring together leaders to define the future of information security, currently being held in Las Vegas this week. President Obama seeks to convince Congress to pass the revised bill. Cyber warfare has recently emerged on the national conscience following incidents such as the famed Stuxnet virus in 2010, and the Israeli-US co-conspired Flame virus, both of which targeted Iranian nuclear facilities in attempt to slow down Iranian progress ...
Independent Voter Network
Security expert: Iran scientist reports possible cyber attack on nuclear facilities
Haaretz
Iran's nuclear facilities in Natanz and Qom have been targeted by a new cyber attack, a letter to a Finnish security firm said on Monday, with security officials unable to determine the authenticity of the claims made in it as of yet. According to an email published ...
Haaretz
Eugene Kaspersky to Deliver Exclusive Keynote at 3rd Annual Billington ...
EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Billington CyberSecurity is pleased to announce that Eugene Kaspersky, whose company uncovered the Flame cyber weapon, will deliver an exclusive keynote address at the 3rd Annual Billington Cybersecurity Summit slated for September 27 at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. Kaspersky's ... Cyber warfare has been one of the most serious concerns for IT security professionals for several years now, especially after the discovery of Stuxnet and Duqu. Flame raises ...
Senate to Begin Debate of Cybersecurity Act Despite McCain's Protests
HSToday
Lieberman cited statements from Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Gen. Keith Alexander, director of the National Security Agency, that the next major terrorist attack against the United States would come from cyberspace. "A cyberattack could stop society in its tracks," Lieberman declared, saying Congress has the opportunity to stop a "cyber 9/11" before it happens. The revised Cybersecurity Act, introduced July 19, still "responds directly to the danger" although it would not provide regulatory agencies with any ...
U.S. Cyber Challenge and Cal Poly Pomona Announce Winners of the California ...
PR Newswire (press release)
The cyber summer camp was conducted July 16-20, 2012, and included four days of instruction by SANS instructors, a career fair, and a cyber-attack/defense competition. ... Speakers and presenters at the competition and awards ceremony included Mark Weatherford, Undersecretary of Cybersecurity for the Department of Homeland Security; Bob Odenheimer, Senior Director of Financial Services for General Dynamics Information Technology; Scott King, Senior Manager of Information Systems and Chris Baker, ...
Lawmakers to consider new compromise cybersecurity bill before defense budget
FCW.com
Several top lawmakers in a July 24 press briefing on Capitol Hill announced a new deal oncybersecurity legislation, and are expected to take up the compromise bill by the end of the week given the urgency of preventing a “cyber 9/11. ... The senators at the press briefing said the new bill is lighter on regulatory mandates that would have come from the Homeland SecurityDepartment, and instead focuses more on incentives, such as liability protection, for businesses – including those managing critical infrastructure ...
Cyber Attacks on Activists Traced to FinFisher Spyware of Gamma
Bloomberg
It's one of the world's best-known and elusive cyber weapons: FinFisher, a spyware sold by U.K.- based Gamma Group, which can secretly take remote control of a computer, copying files, intercepting Skype calls and logging every keystroke. For the past year, human rights advocates and virus ... “We know it exists, but we've never seen it -- you can imagine a rare diamond,” says Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer at Helsinki-based data security company F-Secure Oyj. (FSC1V) He posted the Egypt documents ...
AC/DC's 'Thunderstruck' Reportedly Used in Cyber Attack Against Iranian ...
Loudwire
AC/DC, however, have apparently prevailed in causing a ruckus in Iran, as their classic track 'Thunderstruck' has been used as the calling card for a cyber attack against the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI). Iran's nuclear program has reportedly ...
Senators Cite Threat Seeking Votes for Cybersecurity Bill
Bloomberg
Cyber threat information-sharing has been tried since President Bill Clinton's administration in the 1990s and failed to improve security, and there are no incentives sufficient to motivate a company to take voluntary action on cybersecurity, Lewis said.
Addressing Cyber Instability Panel Discussion
SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)
The final portion of the Cyber Statecraft Initiative's and the Cyber Conflict Studies Association's ”Addressing Cyber Instability” event was a panel discussion and question and answer session.... CEO of Delta Risk and former Commander of the Operations Group of the Air Force Information Warfare Center, Kris Martel, Senior Cybersecurity Architect at Intelligent Decisions, Michael Mulville, Client Solutions Executive at Cisco Systems, and Jason Healey, director of theCyber Statecraft Initiative, as the moderator.
Lieberman: Senate to open cybersecurity debate this week
Federal Times
Those benefits would include liability protections in the event of a cyber attack on their systems, expedited security clearances and priority assistance with cybersecurity issues. The bill would establish a multiagency council chaired by the secretary of the ...
The Cyber Threat Facing American Utilities
AOL Energy
... due to the burgeoning interdependence of operations and information technology, are the fastest-growing concern. They are often synonymous with the term 'cyber attack' in the vernacular of the general public. ... Further, the size and complexity of today's security threats continue to intensify, leaving organizations and governments vulnerable to cyber-attacks at a time when we are increasingly pressed for resources. A recent U. S. Congressional Budget Office review estimated the cost of implementing the Federal ...
Cyber Attack: Virus Forces Iran's Nuclear Program Computers To Play AC/DC's ...
The Inquisitr
That virus, known as Flame, was considered one of the most complex cyber attacks ever made. It started in Iran and infected computers throughout the Middle East. Even Hypponen, seen as one of the world's foremost security experts, said his company was ...
Coose: Cyber evolution, gains at DHS will continue despite loss of top leadership
FederalNewsRadio.com
Matt Coose spent the last seven years of his government career watching the evolution of the Homeland Security Department's cybersecurity capabilities. Coose, who became the sixth senior official to leave DHS' National ... reports going up weekly, and face-to-face meetings oncyber monthly." As for the future, Coose is starting his own company, called Qmulos, a cyberconsulting firm to help governments improve their security postures, mature security programs and introduce them to potentially helpful products.
Report: Cyber criminals seek to leverage energy grid's inherent vulnerabilities
FierceGovernmentIT
... Cloud Computing. Cybersecurity; Open Government; COOP/Telework ... While cyber threats in the energy sector such as Stuxnet and Duqu have grabbed headlines, the most prevalentcyber threat reported by the global energy sector is extortion. The report cites a 2011 study (.pdf)... The solution to the security problem is to integrate protection--such as advanced encryption, antivirus and application blacklisting and whitelisting--natively into energy utilities' devices, say report authors. Security strategies should ...
Cybersecurity bill: Recruit federal employees using 9th grade talent competition
Daily Caller
In order to defend against a looming cyber 9/11, the federal government may soon hold talent contests to foster the cybersecurity skills of 9th graders, and holdcybersecurity summer camps for kindergartners. The Cybersecurity Act of 2012, in addition to allowing the federal government to regulate the security standards of private infrastructure networks, contains within it provisions to develop thecybersecurity skills of America's youth. Section 403 of the bill calls for the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary ...
Daily Caller
Senators in new push on cybersecurity bill
Financial Times
The sponsors of a US cybersecurity bill have called on the Senate to pass the measure by next week, saying that a delay could compromise US economic and security interests. “This is a real and present danger to our country,” ... Earlier attempts by members of the Senate and House of Representatives to craft a wide-ranging cybersecurity bill designed to address what is perceived to be the growing threat of cyber-based economic espionage and attack have foundered. The private sector has expressed concerns ...
Radware's Attack Mitigation Black Belt Challenge Reveals IT Professionals ...
MarketWatch (press release)
... their industry expertise of current security topics, including constantly evolving risks, attacktechniques and regularly used security and control solutions. The Challenge took participants through assessments comprised of 10 cyber security-related questions.
Cybersecurity Bill for Infrastructure Updated to Address Privacy Concerns ...
TheBlaze.com
The Cyber-Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) passed in the House and awaits a Senate vote. ... For example, Sloan points out that any data given forcybersecurity reasons cannot be used for national security or criminal prosecutions. She also ...
TheBlaze.com
BREAKING: IRAN THREATENS “TEETH-BREAKING” RESPONSE ...
By InvestmentWatch
Iran threatens cyber-attackers with 'teeth-breaking' 07/25/2012 17:00 DUBAI - The United States will face a teeth-breaking response if it continues.
InvestmentWatch
Newest Cyber-Attack on Iranian Nuke Program Bumps AC/DC Song ...
By soopermexican
Newest Cyber-Attack on Iranian Nuke Program Bumps AC/DC Song. Tweet. This is hilarious! A few months ago it was revealed that a virus attack on Iranian Nuclear Facilities computers was damaging their centrifuges by taking control, ...
SOOPERMEXICAN
Japan institutions victim of cyber espionage, is it cyber warfare ...
By paganinip
It's not first time that Japanese Institutions is victim of a cyber attack, on January the country was hit by an escalation of offensive moved from China, some notable targets were the NationalSecurity of Japan and the Japanese parliament.
Security Affairs
Fighting a Cyber War [Cyber Warfare, Strategy] | A Cyber Fellow
By Matt Cegelske
One of the panels addressed the big aspects of Fighting a Cyber War to include significant strategy and policy discussions in Defense and International Security, Technology andCybersecurity. Several years ago at an AFCEA IT conference ...
A Cyber Fellow
Websense Unveils New Online Malware Analysis Tools, Services ...
By Mike Lennon
"We spend 24-hours a day, seven days a week investigating and analyzing the latestcyber-attack trends and malware tactics," said Charles Renert, vice president of the WebsenseSecurity Labs. "These new services expand our customers' ...
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Lieberman claims his Internet spying bill would prevent 'a 9/11 Pearl ...
By Stephen C. Webster
“We did not want to lose the chance to pass cybersecurity legislation this year that could prevent what Secretary Panetta warned about, which is a cyber 9/11 or a 9/11 Pearl Harbor, before it actually happens,” Lieberman said (watch his ... The most important difference between Lieberman's bill and CISPA is that the Senate compromise would not place the National SecurityAgency in charge of the nation's cyber defense, instead handing that responsibility over to civilian agencies ...
The Raw Story
Iranian nuclear program hit by AC/DC virus | The Hacker News
By noreply@blogger.com (THN Reporter)
Posted On 7/25/2012 09:53:00 AM By THN Security Analyst. A scientist working at the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran said computer systems have been hit by a cyber-attack which forced them to play AC/DC's Thunderstruck at full volume ...
The Hacker News [ THN ]
SMEs risk survival by cutting cyber security costs | BusinessTrade.org
By BusinessTrade.org
... is cutting back on non-essentials. Discretionary spending, which often includes expenditure on training, insurance and other risk management costs, such as cyber security, are often cut first in order to protect the core aspects of the business, which must remain intact for the business to survive,” he says. ... The most distressing result was that 85% of small business owners were not worried about the risks of a cyber-attack and believed they were not at any risk. A majority of these ...
BusinessTrade.org
Iranian nuclear facility playing AC/DC's Thunderstruck at night, says ...
By Gene Ryan Briones
The scientist told F-Secure that their Iranian nuclear systems were struck once again by anothercyber attack. F-Secure notes that they cannot confirm the veracity of the email, although they can confirm that the email was sent from within the ...
Ubergizmo
Thunderstruck: Iranian Computer Systems Hit With 'AC/DC' Attack ...
By Becket Adams
(AEOI) sent him an e-mail informing him that the system had come under cyber-attack. “I am writing you ... “According to the email our cyber experts sent to our teams, they believe a hackertool Metasploit was used,” the email added. ... “During the Flame spyware case, [Hypponen] reported in Wired about how an Iranian computer security analyst had contacted him to notify him about the virus,” IBT reports, adding that Hypponen is convinced the U.S. government was behind the attack.
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Commanding the Electromagnetic and Cyber Environment | Chief of ...
By kmalloy
This new EM and cyber environment presents us with challenges and opportunities in the 21st century similar to the undersea domain in the 20th century. Like the undersea domain, the EM and cyber environment is ... This situation parallels in many ways the period around the First World War, when submarines transited on the surface, preferred to submerge only to clandestinely move into firing position, and then surfaced to attack. In subsequent years, submarines spent more time ...
Chief of Naval Operations
MArooned: Pretty Damn Funny...
By Jay G
Cyber Warfare: Iran's Nuclear Computer 'Forced to Play AC/DC' by Computer Malware [VIDEO]. A computer malware has allegedly attacked computer systems in Iran ... Mikko Hypponen, lead researcher at the Finnish computer security firm F- Secure, reported in his blog that a scientist working at the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI) sent him an e-mail about his systems getting hit by a cyber-attack. It's both frightening and hysterical that the security protocols are so lax in the ...
MArooned
Coose: Cyber evolution, gains at DHS will continue despite loss of top
By jim
“Cyber only in the last few years has been funded more robustly and gotten the attention of leadership that it needed to, and that includes from Congress and the like. I think that emphasis and funding has enabled us to mature this organization ...
FISMA Focus
President Obama Endorses the Cybersecurity Bill, Advises Taking ...
Noting rising concern about the ongoing cyber attacks and threats, especially to the critical infrastructure, President Barack Obama and The White House have ...
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By jim
“Cyber only in the last few years has been funded more robustly and gotten the attention of leadership that it needed to, and that includes from Congress and the like. I think that emphasis and funding has enabled us to mature this organization ...
FISMA Focus
President Obama Endorses the Cybersecurity Bill, Advises Taking ...
Noting rising concern about the ongoing cyber attacks and threats, especially to the critical infrastructure, President Barack Obama and The White House have ...
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