TIME
While the U.S. military is taking cyber warfare seriously, civilian organizations and corporations are lagging behind in readying for the inevitable attacks. In military operations, good ... “The Cyber-readiness Reality Check,” an independent survey ...
TIME
Sacramento author learns the hard way about Facebook impostors - Technology - The Sacramento Bee: "In 2011, a Citrus Heights man was convicted of hacking into hundreds of email accounts of women in 17 states. Using details plucked from the women's Facebook pages, the 23-year-old searched their emails for sexy photos that he posted online. For those who've been victimized, no amount of security precautions seems reassuring enough. "Not only do you feel vulnerable, but you feel like you've put your friends in a vulnerable place," said Panneton, who's in her 50s. Now Facebook-free, Panneton said she's never going back, even if it means she can't easily share photos of her grandchild and that her book sales might suffer. Her only consolation is that her experience might alert others to be cautious about their social media habits. "What this hacking has proven to me, (is that) Facebook is a fun place to be but it's not a safe place.""
Saudi Aramco Restores Network After Shamoon Malware Attack
InformationWeek
Does this mean that the power of the hacktivism has become so strong that it can compete with government cyber warfare organizations?" Cybercriminals are taking aim at your website. Is yoursecurity strategy up to the challenge? Also in the new, all ...
Cyber risk to US electrical grid grows
Poughkeepsie Journal
On July 17, Gregory Wilshusen, director of information security issues for the Government Accountability Office, testified on grid security before the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. He testified on a litany of ... A lack of a ...
World's largest oil producer: 30K workstations fell victim to cyber attack
Ars Technica
It's nearly a plot line from the movies: World's largest oil producer gets hit by a cyber-attack that threatens to wipe away all data from its internal computers. But largely, this is the situation Saudi Aramco described today. The Saudi Arabia-based ...
Canada Warns That 'Anonymous' May Attack Energy Companies For Work In Oil ...
Business Insider
The Anonymous press release referred to objections in Montana to using a highway to send heavy equipment to Kearl. “Imperial maintains a high level of security in all aspects of its operations and that includes cyber security,” Rolheiser said. “We take...
Business Insider
Saudi Aramco says most damage from computer attack fixed
Reuters
15 cyber attack, the company announced it had cut off its electronic systems off from the outside world to prevent further attacks. On Sunday, Saudi Aramco said the workstations had now been cleansed of the virus and restored to service. Oil ...
General admits leading cyber attacks in Afghanistan
FederalNewsRadio.com
He says his forces were able to penetrate enemy networks, infect them and defend the military against cyber attacks. He was in charge of international forces in southwestern Afghanistan between 2010 and 2011. While U.S. cyber attack operations have ...
Saudi Aramco says computers normal after cyber attack
FuelFix (blog)
Saudi Arabian Oil Co., the world's largest crude exporter, said most of its computer network is back to normal after it was attacked by a virus that forced the company to isolate many parts of its systems. The state-owned oil company, known as Saudi ...
FuelFix (blog)
Iran forever altered cyber security view
Staunton News Leader
“Dominion is very aware of cyber threats to the grid and takes numerous steps to protect it,” said David Botkins, a spokesman for Dominion Virginia Power. Lewis is decidedly less sanguine about thesecurity of the grid. In fact, he doesn't entirely ...
Canada Says 'Anonymous' May Attack Energy Firm Computers
Businessweek
Canadian security agencies have warned energy companies such as Imperial Oil Ltd. (IMO) their computers may be attacked by the Anonymous hacker group because of the industry's work developing Alberta's oil sands, government documents show. The Royal ...
Saudi oil giant recovers from cyber attack | Al Akhbar English
By Antoun
Saudi oil giant recovers from cyber attack. Published Monday, August 27, 2012. Oil giant Saudi Aramco said on Monday it has restored its main internal network after a cyber attack nearly two weeks ago which failed to impact its oil production.
Al Akhbar English
Saudi Aramco Oil Producer's 30,000 workstations victim of Cyber ...
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Saudi Oil Giant Aramco Says Things are Fine After Cyber Attack ...
By Steve Ragan
Saudi Arabia-based Aramco was attacked earlier this month by malware that targeted some 30,000 workstations. According to the state-owned group which controls all of Saudi Arabia's oil production, things have been cleaned up in short time ...
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