6 ways to keep your data safe in the cloud — Cloud Computing News: "Most of us have a lot of data in the cloud, housed in storage services such as Dropbox, e-mail applications such as Gmail or everyday web services such as Facebook. Most of us probably don’t keep it as safe as we should, either. Although certain methods of attack are beyond our control — such as the social engineering attack that befell Wired staffer Mat Honan last week — if you’re willing to undertake a little extra effort, there are still plenty of methods to prevent intruders from seeing your information."
While federal officials plea for legislation, Chamber of Commerce puts weight ...
Dark Reading
The White House-backed bill, which promised improvements in information sharing and critical infrastructure protection, had the support of many of the federal government's top cybersecurityofficials, as well as most Democrats in the Senate. ... "The Chamber believes [the bill] could actually impede U.S. cyber security by shifting businesses' resources away from implementing robust and effective security measures and toward meeting government mandates," wrote Bruce Josten, the chamber's chief lobbyist, in a letter ...
Negotiating The World's Cyber Frontier – Analysis
Eurasia Review
IN THE PAST MONTH security experts have uncovered the existence of a Mahdi trojan, a new Persian-language cyber spy network targeting Iran and diplomatic missions of several Middle Eastern nations. The campaign, which is ... This latest discovery comes on the heels of an attack on Iranian network infrastructure in May by a computer virus known as Flame, a similar software said to be 20 to 40 times more powerful than Stuxnet, a worm which infiltrated Iranian uranium infrastructure in 2010. Notwithstanding ...
Eurasia Review
Iran takes websites offline after cyber attacks
ArabianBusiness.com
The month prior to the attack, the Islamic Republic's state-controlled media reported said the country's oil industry had the victim of a major cyber attack. The Islamic Republic's nuclear enrichment programme has been a major source of contention for the US ...
ArabianBusiness.com
White House reportedly considers cyber executive order
SC Magazine
After Senate Republicans last week blocked the passage of a cyber security bill, the White House is considering reviving the legislation through an executive order, according to a report this weekend. President Obama may issue an executive ... sweeping security proposals in 2011. One piece of the failed bill, known as the Cybersecurity Act of 2012, that may not be able to make it into an executive order involves making information sharing easier among the private sector and government, according to the report.
Congress Goes On Recess Without Cybersecurity Law
TechCrunch
The original bill had mandatory security precautions, especially for “critical infrastructure” businesses, such as electricity plans and water treatment facilities. The need was based off a recent report by the The Industrial Control SystemsCyber Emergency ...
TechCrunch
Hackers increasingly zero in on small businesses
InfoWorld
Stay up to date on the latest security developments with InfoWorld's Security Central newsletter. ] A targeted attack is one that's tailored to a specific company. Cyber criminals customizemalware to particular vulnerabilities and use information gathered ...
Iranian state goes offline to dodge cyber-attacks
TODAYonline
TEHRAN - Iran is to move key ministries and state bodies off the worldwide Internet next month in an effort to shield them behind a secure computer wall from disruptive cyber attacks like the Stuxnet and Flame viruses. Mr Reza Taghipour, the country's telecommunications ... Mr Nima Rashedan, an Iranian cyber-security specialist based in the Czech Republic, said the domestic network was unlikely to be effective. "In terms of cyber security, Iran is one of the most ...Gunman kills 6 in Sikh temple attack in Wisconsin ...
Republicans' priorities askew
The Spokesman Review
If Wikileaks' exploits at purloining and posting highly sensitive and secret information aren't a convincing enough argument for better security measures, consider the recent headlines out of India. That country, racked for years by ... The White House issued a statement with this lament: “The politics of obstructionism, driven by special interest groups seeking to avoid accountability, prevented Congress from passing legislation to better protect our nation from potentially catastrophic cyber attacks.” That about sums it up.
The importance of basic cyber hygiene
AsiaOne
The importance of basic cyber hygiene. By Victoria Ho. The security industry shouldn't raise the alert about every vulnerability it ... The familiarity that we have today with IT has also turned into general apathy for digital security, because people are savvy enough to turn off safeguards and willingly wade into potential threats out there, he said. Mr Schmidt retired this year as Mr Obama's special assistant and cybersecurity coordinator. His 40 years in the defence and securityindustry has seen him serve under two US ...
AsiaOne
Op-Ed: U.S. Cybersecurity Bill fails to pass Senate
DigitalJournal.com
On the other side of the debate are senior national security officials. General Martin Dempsey of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has been calling for Congress to enact legislation such as the Cybersecurity Act to deal with cyber threats. Dempsey said in a letter to ...
DigitalJournal.com
Obama Considers Executive Action After Defeat of Cybersecurity Bill
Newsroom America
(Newsroom America) -- President Obama is considering whether to use his executive authority to impose new rules regarding cyber-security following the defeat of Senate legislation aimed at doing the same thing. "In the wake of Congressional inaction and ...
Dem Leader Stalls Cybersecurity, Blocks Amendments From Both Sides of the ...
PoliticalNews.me (press release)
“Members on both sides of the aisle have recommendations for improving our cyber defenses, and some of them thought this bill would provide an opportunity to propose those ideas through amendments — especially since Democrats didn't allow for an ...
CNL Software partnership with RADiFlow enables the management of both ...
SourceSecurity.com
“As a leading PSIM provider, we are constantly looking for new technologies that will enhance security for users of our software. The convergence of cyber and physical security is a huge advantage, especially where security is critical, as an attack either cyber ...
SourceSecurity.com
Adapt Or Die: David Fastabend On Cybersecurity
AOL Defense
With the defeat of the Senate cybersecurity bill last week, one of the crucial unresolved questions is when -- or whether -- companies should share information on cyber-threats. While the bill would have provided legal protection, Fastabend, who retired as a ...
Week in security: hackers and government working together
CSO Magazine
Closer to home, the Cyber Security Summit 2012 kicked off in Sydney, with experts warning the best security offence is a good defence and a CSO photo gallery capturing the ongoing events. Among other happenings, Visa Australia outlined plans to ...
Stuxnet And Flame Scare Iranian Critical Infrastructure Offline
TechWeekEurope UK
It is believed the US and Israel have been cooperating on cyber attacks against Iranian infrastructure. Reports suggested they created Stuxnet, which was thought to have set Iran's nuclear programme back two years, and Flame, which attempted to collect vast ...
Iranian ministries unplugging from web in effort to beat cyber attacks
The Times of Israel
Over the last two year, Iran has suffered a number of cyber attacks, including the super-sophisticated Stuxnet and Flame viruses, which reportedly targeted the country's nuclear program and oil infrastructure. The viruses' authors have never been discovered, ...
The Times of Israel
NSA Director Courts DEF CON Hackers
Criminal Justice Degree Schools
Alexander appealed to hackers at the conference to help the NSA in protecting US computer systems and infrastructure from foreign and domestic cyber attack. Alexander, who is also the commander of US Cyber Command, also spoke at asecurity forum in ...
Criminal Justice Degree Schools
Reuters Twitter account suspended after attack
CIOL
BANGALORE, INDIA: International news agency Thomson Reuters on Sunday faced second cyber attack when its ' Twitter account reportedly by pro-Bashar al-Assad elements. According to the news service agency, the twitter account @ReutersTECH was ...
CIOL
Senate blocks cybersecurity bill; Obama considers executive orders
Human Events
Moving forward, the President is determined to do absolutely everything we can to better protect our nation against today's cyber threats and we will do that.” Proponents of the cybersecuritybill are portraying its demise as an exercise of pointless partisan ...
Cybersecurity and Privacy Concerns at the Highest Levels of Government
InfoToday.com
(This came a mere week after “the head of the National Security Agency reported a 17-fold increase in cyber attacks against our most vital and valuable industries.”) The testimony and the bill address privacy issues that should concern every American who ...
Republican filibuster blocks Senate Cybersecurity bill
Democratic Underground
The latest attempt by the US government to ensure some kind of security standards for its critical infrastructure has failed, with Senate Republicans having blocked legislation over concerns at over-regulation of business and the weighing-down of the bill ... and the Bush Administration, the politics of obstructionism, driven by special interest groups seeking to avoid accountability, prevented Congress from passing legislation to better protect our nation from potentially catastrophic cyber-attacks," said the White House in ...
Iranian state to go offline over cyber attacks
The Voice of Russia
Iran is to move key ministries and state bodies off the worldwide internet next month in an effort to shield them from disruptive cyber attacks like the Stuxnet and Flame viruses. The Telegraph quotes telecommunications minister Reza Taghipour as saying the ...
The Voice of Russia
United States Blocks Cybersecurity Law
Musicrooms.net
Today the United States Republican party filibustered a law which would have been essential in both recognizing and preventing a nationwide cyber attack on critical infrastructure of the region. With major viruses such as Stuxnet and Flame ... that make our everyday lives easier. Still no word on what the country who still operates about 95% of the most popular websites in the world plans to do about their gapingsecurity flaws, but hopefully they can come to some kind of resolution soon to avoid a catastrophic attack.
Musicrooms.net
Iran Plans to Shut Down Internet to Beat Cyber Attacks
IBTimes.co.uk
Iran Plans to Shut Down Internet to Beat Cyber Attacks. Key Iranian ministries likely to go offline... He said Iran's move to go its own way was due to the level of penetration of the internet in economic, security and social spheres. Tehran could also be ... AC/DC Cyber Warfare: Iran Denies Malware Forced Nuclear Plants to Play Heavy Rock Band [VIDEO] · Cyber Warfare: Iran's Nuclear Computer 'Forced to Play AC/DC' by Computer Malware [VIDEO]. Must Read ...img. Click. Syria TV 'hit by bomb attack' in Damascus ...
Senate Votes Down Cybersecurity Act, Obama Likely to Sign ...
By Susanne Posel
Shawn Henry, a veteran of the cyber security division in the FBI, stated in a CBS interview that although he has no proof, Russia and China are behind infiltration and damage to computers in America, while also claiming that he feels it is “very, ...
OCCUPY CORPORATISM
Cyber Security Bill Squashed, Obama Considers Options ...
By MG
Cyber Security Bill Squashed, Obama Considers Options. Cyber security Bill. Senate Republicans recently blocked cybersecurity legislation, but the issue might not be dead after all. The White House hasn't ruled out issuing an executive order ...
DarkGovernment
Obama threatens another power grab after Senate defeats - Hot Air
By Howard Portnoy
The bill on its face has merit, as does Obama's warning that a cyber attack on a bank, water system, electrical grid, or hospital could have devastating consequences. Nevertheless, opponents of the bill argued that it gives the federal ...
The Greenroom
Tapping the Patent System for Innovation in Cyber Security
Just the other day, President Obama wrote in a Wall Street Journal op-ed article: “It doesn't take much to imagine the consequences of a successful cyber attack. In a future conflict, an adversary unable to match our military supremacy on the ...
Science Progress
NEW RULES: Obama weighs executive-order on 'Internet security ...
By Conservative Byte
NEW RULES: Obama weighs executive-order on 'Internet security' ... continue to be hamstrung by outdated and inadequate statutory authorities that the legislation would have fixed,” White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said in an emailed response to whether the president is considering a cybersecurity order. “Moving forward, the President is determined to do absolutely everything we can to better protect our nation against today's cyber threats and we will do that,” Carney said.
Conservative Byte
A Response to Huffington Post Blogger on Cybersecurity Act of 2012
By Drew Wilson
I would argue that if you want any critical infrastructure to be protected from a cyber attack, there's a very simple solution – don't connect critical infrastructure to the Internet. Another reason this bill was important, according to the author, is this: ...
ZeroPaid.com
After defeat of Senate cybersecurity bill, Obama weighs executive ...
By legalizeliberty
It's he same with this issue. Obama can constitutionally order any department related to communications regulation to implement any provisions he wants contained in his Cyber Security Act. That's the danger in having so many departments.
Peace . Gold . Liberty | Revolution
Georgia Tech's 'Titan' Malware Intelligence System Offers Threat ...
By Fahmida Y. Rashid
... so no one would know which specific organizations had been affected by the attack, Chris Smoak, project leader and branch head for malicious software analysis at GTRI's CyberTechnology and Information Security Lab, told SecurityWeek.
SecurityWeek RSS Feed
Targeted attacks on SAP applications spotlighted at BlackHat ...
By admin
The researchers from ERPScan company, which is focused on developing security solutions for SAP applications, gave a talk where they showed a very complex attack on the SAP system which uses multiple exploits including a 0-day technique called XML tunneling – an example of SSRF (Server Side Request Forgery) attack. “Nowadays you see a lot of hype about critical infrastructure and examples of malware that is created for cyber espionage. However too little information is ...
ERPScan Security Scanner for SAP
Alleged Anonymous Member Arrested By Hong Kong Police Over ...
By VOGH Reporter
VOGH- VOICE OF GREYHAT| Leading Resource of Cyber-Security,Hacking News. VOGH-News.Security News · General News · Tech-News ... DDoS Attack Send Twitter Offline. Hacker Named 'Cosmo' From 'UGNazi' Took Responsibility ...
VOGH- VOICE OF GREYHAT| Leading...
