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Watch the World Get Attacked By Cyber Criminals in Real Time
By Mario Aguilar
If you're an IT security nerd specialist holed up in some corporation's basement, you probably don't find this real-time visualization of the world's cyber attacks to be beautiful. But the rest of us can sit back and appreciate the eye candy.
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Cyber Attacks on US Banks Expose Computer Vulnerability
Businessweek
Such a sustained network attack ranks among the worst-case scenarios envisioned by the NationalSecurity Agency, according to the U.S. official, who asked not to be identified because he isn't authorized to speak publicly. The extent of the damage may ...

Facebook Live Covers National Cyber Security Awareness Month Launch
HispanicBusiness.com
The National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) will launch the ninth annual National Cyber SecurityAwareness Month (NCSAM) with an event in Omaha, Nebraska that will be available to viewers worldwide via Facebook Live -the social networks official live ...

Samuel Cox, US Cyber Command Officier, Says China Is Targeting Pentagon ...
Huffington Post
The United States is among the few countries reliably reported to have mounted a destructive keyboard-launched attack - against Iran's disputed nuclear centrifuges using malicious code known as Stuxnet that surfaced in 2010. Army General Keith ...

Government of Canada Launches Cyber Security Awareness Month With New ...
U.S. Politics Today
Canada's Minister of Public Safety, the Honourable Vic Toews, today launched Cyber SecurityAwareness Month and kicked off this year's efforts for Get Cyber Safe, Canada's national public awareness campaign on cyber security. "Our Government is ...

Shaping cyber security education
University of Delaware
28, 2012--Ensuring the security of the world's and our own nation's computers and networks is a key national challenge. The University of Delaware today announced that it will mount a targeted cyber security initiative to train future cyber sleuths to ...

University of Delaware

Limits Seen in White House Cybersecurity Executive Order
Bloomberg
The White House may have difficulty bolstering U.S. cyber defenses through an executive order unless there's enough public support, according to former National Security Agency director Michael Hayden. If President Barack Obama issues an executive ...

DHS head: Obama has been too busy to read cyber-security executive order draft
Washington Examiner
“The executive order is in draft and the president has not yet had the opportunity to review it so I need to be very cautious in that regard,” Napolitano said at a cyber-security summit hosted by National Journal this morning. “He's been occupied,” she ...

Cyber security students receive $1.6 million grant
University at Buffalo The Spectrum
According to Dr. Shambhu Upadhyaya, the program's director: “One day, outside forces may attackour critical infrastructure in cyber terrorism. Experts are saying now that the next 9/11 may not be a physical blow. It could be the bringing down of ...

Russian Cyber Expert: Hackers Could Shut Down Power In Most Of The World In ...
Business Insider
Even inside the administration, Hayden said, the Defense Department has defined cyberspace as a warfare domain that it must "dominate," while the Department of Homeland Security has publicly disagreed. A core problem is that the same communications ...

Business Insider

Cyber Attacks Slow Down PNC Bank « CBS Pittsburgh
By Nick Kratsas
That's because PNC Bank, along with a few other major U.S. banks, were hit by a cyber attack that crippled their websites. KDKA AM's Larry Richert and John Shumway talk to David Brumley, a cyber security expert at Carnegie Mellon ...
CBS Pittsburgh

Roesch: Cyber Security an Arms Race
Martin Roesch, Sourcefire interim CEO, on the recent hacks against JPMorgan Chase & Bank of America, and the state of cyber security in the U.S..
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October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month

October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month
AnnArbor.com
The Department of Homeland Security, National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) work in partnership with public and private sector partners during October to send the message of ...

Banks can't prevent cyber attacks like those hitting PNC, Key, US Bank this week
Plain Dealer
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- On a day when yet another large area bank was dealing with acyber attack, banks and security experts say there's little that can be done to prevent an assault on any website. PNC Bank today said customers have been reporting ...

Plain Dealer

Cyber-Ark Addresses Privileged Account Threat for Industrial Control Systems ...
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
Cyber-Ark® Software, the leading global information security provider for protecting and managing privileged accounts and sessions, critical applications and sensitive information, today announced details of its presentation at the Cyber Security for ...

Low-tech cyber criminals
Philippine Star
They tagged the new law as “the most notorious act ever witnessed in the cyber-history of the Philippines.” The hackers group successfully — but illegally —cracked the government domains considered the most secure online sites. They defaced the ...

Cyber scientist notes alarming trends
Shreveport Times
The gathering, a regular event sponsored by the Cyber Innovation Center and National CyberResearch Park, culminated a three-day visit for consultations by Jabbour that included time with cyber security students at Louisiana Tech University. ... “As ...

Government Agencies, Utilities Among Targets of 'VOHO' Cyber-Spy Attacks
eWeek
... organizations were compromised in a cyber espionage operation that used semi-targeted attacks—known as waterhole attacks—to infect systems within certain industries, such as international finance, utilities, defense and government contractors...

eWeek

75% of data breaches are inside jobs
eGov monitor
Cyber Security: 75% of data breaches are inside jobs. By: Information Daily Staff Writer Published: Thursday, September 27, 2012 - 12:30 GMT. High profile data breaches are often the work of hacker collectives like Anonymous, but it turns out that many ...

eGov monitor

Spectrum guessing game - What's sequestration mean for cyber? - GAO report ...
Politico
Speakers include Toomas Hendrik Ilves, President of Estonia; Michael Hayden, former director of the CIA and NSA; John Steufert, Director of the National Cyber Security Division at DHS; Howard Schmidt, former White House Cybersecurity Coordinator; ...

Northrop Buys M5 Network Security - Analyst Blog
NASDAQ
Northrop Grumman Corporation ( NOC ) has closed the acquisition of M5 Network Security Pty Ltd. for an undisclosed amount. Canberra, Australia-based, M5 Network Security Pty Ltd. provides cyber security and secure mobile communications products and ...

White House testing approach called for in draft cyber order
FederalNewsRadio.com
Michael Daniel, the White House's cyber coordinator, said the Energy and Homeland Securitydepartments are working with companies in the electricity sector to come up with a baseline set of cybersecurity standards. The Electricity Subsector ...

Cyber security, an Air Force punchline? | Defense Tech
By Mike Hoffman
Many U.S. generals will openly admit to knowing little about one of the threats they all agree is one that is most dangerous to U.S. national security -- cyber.
Defense Tech

Group Threatens Cyber Attack Against PNC Financial Services ...
By angelakdka
Could PNC be the next target of a cyber bank attack? A group which ... “What the bad guys are trying to do is cut off access to those websites,” said David Brumley, a cyber-security expert at Carnegie Mellon University. “They're just trying to jam ...
CBS Pittsburgh

Wells Fargo latest large bank to get hit by cyber attack | KDVR.com ...
By Hema Mullur
DENVER -- The list of banks hit by cyber attacks is growing. So far hackers have shut down online... Bank of America, PNC, and US Bank. Cyber security experts say all of the banks have been hit by what's called a “denial of service” attack.
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FERC Creates Office to Address Cyber-Security Threats to Energy ...
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has established the Office of Energy InfrastructureSecurity to help identify and address both physical and cyber ...
www.eweek.com/.../ferc-creates-office-to-address-cyber-securi...

3 Great Cyber Security Stock Plays - BAH, CACI, KEYW - Foolish ...
And the Cyber Security Act of 2012, possibly the most important piece of legislation addressing U.S. cyber terrorism threats, was voted down by Congress last ...
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Cyber Attacks Hit Wells Fargo Website

Cyber Attacks Hit Wells Fargo Website In Latest Security Scare For US Banks
Huffington Post
The bank was working to quickly resolve the issues, a spokeswoman said, declining to comment on the source of the problem. A financial services industry group last week warned U.S. banks, brokerages and insurers to be on heightened alert for cyber ...

Celebrate National Cyber Security Awareness Month this October
IT News Online
26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA), a non-profit public-private partnership focused on empowering digital citizens to stay safer online and protect digital assets, along with the U.S. Department of Homeland ...

Iran is behind bank cyber attacks, Sen. Joe Lieberman believes
Los Angeles Times
Senate Homeland Security Chairman Joe Lieberman, second from right, after the Senate failed to pass cyber-security legislation in August. He took questions from reporters along with, from left, Sens. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.), Tom Carper (D-Del.) ...

NSC's Daniel: Government accelerating cybersecurity initiatives
FCW.com
Leaders at the highest levels of the federal government are moving forward with a range ofcybersecurity programs and initiatives, according to a National Security Council official. And while much work remains, the efforts are beginning to bear fruit ...
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Cyber-security contest in RI opens to students
Boston.com
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Students interested in the field of cyber-security are being urged to enter the state's third Cyber Foundations Competition. U.S. Rep. Jim Langevin (LAN'-jih-vin), who is co-chair of the Cybersecurity Caucus in Congress, says ...

Cyber security hot topic at Mesa conference
ABC15.com (KNXV-TV)
MESA, AZ - The city of Mesa is hosting a conference that focuses on cyber security. The United States Department of Homeland Security Cyber Security Summit will be held at 1 E. Main Street in Mesa starting at 8:30 a.m. with registration. According to a...

ABC15.com (KNXV-TV)

Lockheed Martin Names Verizon its Newest Cyber Security Alliance Member
Sacramento Bee
25, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon is the newest member of the Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT)Cyber Security Alliance, a group of leading companies in the security industry dedicated to collaborating to address the growing threat posed by cyber attacks ...

Verizon Joins Lockheed Martin Cyber Security Alliance and 4 Telecom Titans ...
Wall St. Cheat Sheet
AT&T, Inc. (NYSE:T): According to the New York Times, after years of limiting companies to no more than one-third of the available spectrum in a territory, the Federal Communications Commission will begin the process to redraw, recalibrate or perhaps ...

Proactive Prevention Needed To Address Fast Evolving Cyber Security Threat
Bernama
... complex cyber threats. This requires us to take a comprehensive lifecycle approach - to detect our vulnerabilities, protect our business assets, and respond to an attack. We may not see immediate returns when we invest upstream in such security ...

Cyber crime the topic of business meeting Friday in Alexandria
Alexandria Town Talk
October has been designated National Cyber Security Awareness Month by the Department of Homeland Security. Advance registration isn't required, but officials do ask that attendees call Detective Lt. Mike Stephan at (318) 473-6727 with the name of the ...

Don't Waste Your Money On Cyber Breach Insurance
Dark Reading
As an increasing number of businesses are starting to look at cyber breach insurance as a tool to mitigate the risks of data breaches, IT security pros need to be prepared to help their organizations avoid the hazards of choosing a policy that may not ...

Telvent Hit by Sophisticated Cyber-Attack, SCADA Admin Tool ...
By Fahmida Y. Rashid
10 its internal firewall and security systems had been breached and notified its customers of the incident last week, Brian Krebs, the security expert behind KrebsonSecurity.com, first reported on Wednesday. It's not ... Telvent Hacked in Cyber Attack “In order to be able to continue to provide remote support services to our customers in a secure manner, we have established new procedures to be followed until such time as we are sure that there are not further intrusions into the Telvent ...
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Executive order on Cyber security coming

Exec order on Cyber security coming, might include information sharing
Government Security News
Countless national security leaders from your administration and the previous administration have made clear that the threat from cyber attack is similar to the threat we faced from terrorism on September 10, 2001 – the danger is real and imminent, yet ...

Iran sees cyber attacks as greater threat than actual war
NBCNews.com (blog)
DUBAI - Iran is prepared to defend itself in case of a "cyber war" which could cause more harm than a physical confrontation, a commander in the country's Revolutionary Guards said on Tuesday. The Islamic Republic has tightened cyber security since its ...

Stonesoft to Host First Cyber Security Summit in New York City
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
Security executives to discuss offensive and defensive side of growing cyber arms race. ATLANTA — Stonesoft today announced it will host its first annual Cyber Security Summit in coordination with T.E.N. at the W Hotel in New York City on October 24 ...

TeleCommunication Systems to Present Cyber Security Solutions at DerbyCon 2.0
RedOrbit
25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. (TCS) (NASDAQ: TSYS), a world leader in highly reliable and secure mobile communication technology, today announced that it will showcase its portfolio of cyber security solutions and expertise ...

Health Information Technology Cyber Security Advances in Michigan
RedOrbit
MiHIN's evolving HIT Cyber Security program currently consists of the ability to conduct vulnerability assessments and continuous threat monitoring for health care networks. The offering allows organizations pursing the top level of vigilance when ...

Foreign cyber crime sparks internet security warning
ABC Online
ALAN DUPONT, INTERNATIONAL SECURITY STUDIES, UNSW: You've got criminals, you've got states and you've got spies trying to get our electronic secrets - that's the bottom line - and the incidents of penetration of our cyber walls here in Australia have...

ABC Online

FERC Creates Office to Address Cyber-Security Threats to Energy Sector
eWeek
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has created an office to address both physical and cyber-threats to energy facilities. The new Office of Energy Infrastructure Security (OEIS) will be inside FERC and be used to help the commission ...

eWeek

Verizon Joins Lockheed Cyber Alliance; Susan Zeleniak, Curt Aubley Comment
ExecutiveBiz (blog)
“By working together through organizations such as the Lockheed Martin Cyber Security Alliance, we can identify common-sense solutions to combat these threats and help ensure the integrity of critical data, applications and systems.” “Through close ...

Banks and Other Financial Institutions are Facing Cyber Threats on More Fronts ...
Equities.com
All it takes is one successful phishing or spear phishing attack on someone on the network, or some clever social engineering to con someone into giving up access information, or even finding away to get infected physical media plugged into a network ...

Proactive parents and teachers can help keep kids safe online
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
But, the month also marks National Cyber Security Awareness month, calling attention to frightening things like online identity theft, cyber bullying, viruses and damaging malware. If your teen is among the 93 percent of 12- to 17-year-olds using your ...

Lockheed Martin Names Verizon its Newest Cyber Security Alliance
GAITHERSBURG, Md., September 25, 2012 – Verizon is the newest member of the Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) Cyber Security Alliance, a group of leading ...
www.lockheedmartin.com/.../isgs-verizon-cyber-alliance-0925...

DailyTech - Executive Order on Cyber Security in the Works from ...
Cybersecurity today is a huge issue not only for businesses and individuals in the United States, but also for the federal government. Defense News reports that ...
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Cyber Security and International Law

International law takes on cyber: significant challenges ahead - The Hill's Congress Blog: "Speaking at the U.S. Cyber Command Inter-Agency Legal Conference last week, U.S. State Department Legal Advisor Harold Koh confirmed the U.S. position that international law is applicable to the cyber environment. In his speech, Koh outlined ten principles guiding U.S. efforts on cyber engagement in the international space, most of which align with key provisions of the Tallinn Manual on the International Law Applicable to Cyber Warfare. Released in early September by NATO's Cooperative Cyber Defense Center of Excellence (CCD COE), the draft unofficial document was compiled from the opinions of legal and technical experts, and examines how existing international law, jus ad bellum and jus in bello, applies to the cyber environment."

Lieberman: Blame Iran for Cyber Attacks on Bank of America, Chase
Fox Business
Lieberman, who is spearheading stalled legislation aimed at requiring some companies to meet minimum cyber security standards, said the incident “reminds us of our vulnerability” and is a “warning to us that if we take action against their nuclear ...

Daon Led Team to Provide Digital Identity Solution for United States Cyber ...
U.S. Politics Today
The Daon Team will share results with the NSTIC Program Office and the NSTIC Steering Group to help inform the evolving Identity Ecosystem based on actual usage of this unique cyber securitysolution. The Daon Team pilots will utilize IdentityX®, ...

Improvement of Iran cyber security begins with Google censorship
Middle East Online
Improvement of Iran cyber security begins with Google censorship. Iran blocks access to Google's Gmail service amid ... Attempts to access it using a secure protocol (https://www.google.com) were also blocked. The curbs were announced in a mobile phone ...

Middle East Online

KBank boosts mobile and cyber-banking services
The Nation
Art Wichiencharoen, first senior vice president of Kasikornbank, said that the company usually invests about Bt100 million to keep the bank's technologies up to date in order to provide a wide new range of secure cyber-banking and mobile-banking services.

Iranians May Be Doling Out Payback for US Sanctions
Heritage.org (blog)
... credible intelligence” of possible cyber attacks to bring down their customer sites. The Financial Sector is constantly under attack, but it is normally from criminals. ... A static and government-directed set of “standards,” the very likely result ...

Norwich MP given cyber security role
Norfolk Eastern Daily Press
Ms Smith, who was given her job as Cabinet Office minister in the recent reshuffle, said: “I'm responsible for acting in a coordinating role for cyber security. Of course all of government takes it very seriously, but the Cabinet Office performs a ...

Norfolk Eastern Daily Press

Nation Faces 'Cyber Apartheid'
AllAfrica.com
A communiqué issued at the end of the event distributed by John Zinna Tipijah, Marketing Strategist, New Horizons said "there is an increase in cyber-attack." Nigeria is currently ranked 59th globally amongst countries with greatest internet security ...

Lawfare › Stewart Baker Reports on Urgent New Cyber Security ...
By Kenneth Anderson
Kenneth Anderson is professor of law at Washington College of Law, American University; a visiting fellow of the Hoover Institution and member of its Task Force on National Security and Law; and a non-resident senior fellow of the Brookings ...
Lawfare

New Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Office Will Focus on ...
By Mike Lennon
As part of its new security efforts, FERC Chairman Jon Wellinghoff said the new Office of Energy Infrastructure Security will help the Commission address potential cyber and physical security risks to energy facilities under its jurisdiction.
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Iran boosts cyber security with secure domestic network

Iran boosts cyber security with secure domestic network: report
NBCNews.com (blog)
Advertise | AdChoices. DUBAI — Iran has connected all its government agencies to a secure domestic Internet service and plans to link ordinary Iranians up to the same network, an official was quoted as saying on Sunday, in a move to beef up cyber ...

Obama's Cyber Attack
Wall Street Journal
In a bipartisan vote, the House of Representatives in April adopted the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, which is a reasonable template for the Senate. Sponsored by the senior Democrat and Republican on the intelligence committee, it ...

Cyber threat 'high' for banks
BDlive
The Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Centre raised the cyber threat level to "high" from "elevated" in an advisory to members, citing "recent credible intelligence regarding the potential" for cyber attacks as its reason for the move.

Colombia Prepares Itself Against Cyber Attacks
Hispanically Speaking News
Representatives of financial, energy, and telecommunications sectors are participating in the activity, among them relevant actors in the cyber security, with the objective of creating an environment that reflects the realities and the needs of Colombia.

Hispanically Speaking News

Forces mulling 3 joint commands
Times of India
China, for instance, is taking huge strides on the space and cyberspace fronts. Cyber warfare, too, is a frontline military priority for China, with its "hacker brigades'' regularly breaking into computer networks of countries like India, US, the UK ...

Lessons Behind the Microsoft 3322.org Takedown
CircleID
Stepping away from the controversy surrounding the approach (read e.g. Suresh's in-depth article here), there are important lessons that cyber security officials and upper management, deciding on the level of and budget for cyber security in ...

Iranian hackers target US banks over sanctions
Oman Tribune
WASHINGTON Iranian hackers have repeatedly attacked Bank of America Corp, JPMorgan Chase & Co and Citigroup Inc over the past year as part of a broad cyber campaign targeting the United States, according to people familiar with the situation. The ...

Cyber Security Executive Order: Move Aside, Congress
Last month, after the Senate blocked the Cybersecurity Act of 2012, President Obama threatened to bypass Congress with another executive order (because, ...
heritageaction.com/.../cyber-security-executive-order-move-as...

Mesa hosts US Department of Homeland Security Cyber Security ...
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Mesa Mayor Scott Smith present Cyber SecuritySummit 2012 at the Mesa Arts Center on Wed., Sept. 26.

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Iranian hackers target Bank of America, JPMorgan, Citi

Exclusive: Iranian hackers target Bank of America, JPMorgan, Citi
Reuters
Frank Cilluffo, who served as homeland security adviser to U.S. President George W. Bush, told Reuters that he knows of "cyber reconnaissance" missions that have come from Iran but declined to give specifics. "It is yet to be seen whether they have the ...

Virginia to hold cyber security competition for high school students
Washington Post
RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia high school students are being invited to participate in a cyber securitycompetition. The Governor's Cyber Challenge will include a set of online quizzes. Students with the 40 highest scores will advance to the in-person ...

Energy Industry is a Tempting Target for Cyber Evildoers
Fox Business
When it comes to cyber security, banks and stock exchanges get the bulk of the attention, because that's where the money is. But don't overlook the massive targets painted on the backs of energy companies, which play a ... Cedric Leighton, a former ...

Cyber attack underscores political rivals in Georgia
OregonLive.com
Ivanishvili's supporters allege a series of repressive moves by the government, including a cyber attack that has caught up not just Georgian activists but U.S. lawyers, lobbyists and security advisers for Georgian Dream. Allegations about the cyber ...

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US considers executive order on cyber security
ComputerWeekly.com
The news comes just weeks after former White House cyber security chief Howard Schmidt said US President Barack Obama should strongly consider issuing an executive order to help securecomputer networks from attack. The advice was in response to the ...

Cyber security: more mandates coming?
Intelligent Utility
Rumblings have it that cyber security measures may be mandated for the distribution system, which comprises the bulk of physical grid assets and, due to distributed intelligence, the most currently vulnerable attack vectors. Whether cyber security ...

Chinese a cyber threat
The Spokesman Review
“No diplomatic actions have made a difference,” said Richard Bejtlich, chief security officer for the Virginia-based cybersecurity firm Mandiant. “They remain aggressive – they're kicked out one day and try to get ... Panetta, who left China on ...

Flame cyber malware may have its siblings targeting Iran: study
Computer Business Review
The Flame virus which is associated with a cyber warfare effort against Iran, developed in 2006, is considered to be linked to about three other malware programmes, according to a new analysis. According to a report by Russian security firm Kaspersky ...

Chamber Defends Its Stance on Cyber Legislation
Wall Street Journal
He said Congress should first pass pending bills that would establish systems to share cyber attack and threat information between the government and private industry. The Chamber has been public in its opposition to Mr. Rockefeller's bill, which the ...

Cyber Inaction by Congress
Emergency Management (blog)
Steve Towns calls our attention in Governing Magazine to the latest Congressional blue screen episode when they failed to pass a cyber security bill in the Senate, see Cyber Security Act's Failure Leaves Infrastructure Vulnerable I'm sure there are ...

Experts see Iran, not outrage over film, behind cyber attacks on US ...
By Robert Windrem and Jim MiklaszewskiNBC News National security officials told NBC News that the cyber attacks this week that slowed the websites of JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America are being carried out by the government of Iran. One of those sources said the ... The attack is described by one source, a former U.S. official familiar with the attacks, as being "significant and ongoing" and looking to cause "functional and significant damage." Also, one source suggested the ...
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Could Cyber Warfare Nullify Nuclear Weapons? - Nextgov.com
Recent cyber attacks, including Stuxnet and Flame, have not only made governments reassess theirsecurity vulnerabilities, but have invited an important ...
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Bank Websites Hit By Cyber Attacks?

Bank Websites Possibly Hit By Cyber Attacks, Financial Security Group Warns
Huffington Post
A financial services security group is warning about possible cyber-attacks on banks, citing "recent credible intelligence." The group ... The financial services security group was created in 1999 by a government order to help banks prepare for Y2K ...

Carter urges stepped up progress on cyber defense
Air Force Link
The first is DOD's defense of its own networks, he said, noting that task is "technically very challenging." It's paramount that DOD maintains security and integrity across its cyber networks, Carter said, because "we depend on them ... today in ...

Chinese Cyber Attacks On US Continue Totally Unabated, Leon Panetta ...
Huffington Post
And U.S. officials and security experts say government and private industry systems are constantly being probed, breached and attacked. A key threat is an attack against critical infrastructure, including the electric grid, power plants or financial ...

Federal energy regulator creates Cyber/EMP security office
Government Security News
20 it hopes will help combat potential Cyber and physical attacks on the U.S. electric grid. FERC chairman Jon Wellinghoff announced the creation the Office of Energy Infrastructure Security (OEIS) that the agency said would provide leadership ...

Ruppersberger: Cyber terrorists may be attacking your business
Bizjournals.com
Baltimore Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger put the cyber security threat in terms business owners could understand. ... The typical attack costs companies about $5 million, said panelist George Schu, senior vice president at Booz Allen Hamilton.

'Need 400000 skilled people to address cyber security'
Rediff
Gulshan Rai, director general of the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team and coordinator of the committee on cyber laws, says the team is gearing up to address the increasing mobile Internet usage. In an interview with Shivani Shinde, he talks ...

Rediff

Industry Faces Cyber Risks in Shift from Tangible to Intangible Property
Insurance Journal
As with K&R, an intrinsic part of the policy is an undertaking to make sure the insured puts in place adequate security to prevent data breaches and theft from occurring. “Especially in cyber, they [policies) are to gain up front protection, because it ...

Fraudsters put new twists on Cyber scams, says FBI
Government Security News
The report, which is based upon information from law enforcement and complaints submitted to the center, details recent cyber crime trends and new twists to previously-existing cyber scams. The IC3 is ... IC3 said it has received over 80 complaints ...

RSA acquires Montreal security software firm
Mass High Tech
“With advanced cyber attackers threatening organizations of all types and sizes, IT leaders are looking for real-world expertise from trusted security partners,” said Amit Yoran, senior vice president of security management and compliance for RSA in a ...

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Stuxnet Tricks Copied by Computer Criminals

Stuxnet Tricks Copied by Computer Criminals - Technology Review: "Techniques used by government-backed malware are surfacing in the code used by ordinary cyber criminals. . . "

Private US networks vulnerable to cyber attack: Pentagon
NBCNews.com
... too little in cyber security. Congress' failure to pass cyber security legislation this summer was very disappointing, Carter told Reuters after the speech, noting that the proposed measure would have helped increase U.S. cybersecurity ...

UK spy agency tests Britons' cyber skills
Reuters
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's largest spy service, losing cyber specialists to better-paying private employers, unveiled an online security competition open to all Britons on Wednesday to identify future espionage recruits and raise awareness of cyber ...

Cyber Warfare Still Poses Legal Questions
InformationWeek
Legal norms are emerging in cybersecurity, but many questions about what is legal and what is not in cyber warfare remain unanswered, both in the U.S. and on the international stage, diplomatic and national security officials said Tuesday at an event ...

Booz Allen and RSA join forces in cyber-security marketplace
Government Security News
In addition to contributing its expertise in “connecting-the-dots” in a post-attack cyber-investigation, Booz Allen is eager to find ways to commercialize a software product it developed which it calls Automated First Responder. Unlike many cyber ...

Cyber Security Competition Pushes Students To Test Security Mettle
T.H.E. Journal
CSAW, the Cyber Security Awareness Week event hosted by the Polytechnic Institute of New York University in Brooklyn, is ramping up for a November competition. The event ... Competitors attackvulnerable applications and solve offensive challenges.

Bank Of America Website Slows After Islamic Hacker Threats
InformationWeek
Bank of America's website experienced periodic outages Tuesday, possibly due to cyber attacks launched in retaliation for "Innocence of Muslims," the amateurish film whose mocking portrait of the Prophet Muhammad has incited deadly riots throughout the ...

Cyber security professionals in high demand battling 'cyber weapons'
Fenton Tri County Times
However, as technology evolves, so do the weapons associated with the art of warfare. Most recently, the ... And as more business, government and military institutions store classified information online, the probability of an attempted attack by these ...

New development in cloud cyber security: 'Space travel' technique allows ...
Phys.Org
The technique has been dubbed "space travel" because it sends computer data to a world outside its home, and bridges the gap between computer hardware and software systems. "Space travel might change the daily practice for many services offered ...

Napolitano: White House draft cyber order "near completion"
The Hill (blog)
The Homeland Security Secretary said an executive order cannot address the limits her agency has on hiring trained cyber personnel and it cannot increase criminal penalties for hackers. An executive order also can't offer liability protections to ...

Technical Cyber Security Alert 2012-262A ≈ Packet Storm
Technical Cyber Security Alert 2012-262A - An unpatched use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 7, 8, and 9 is being exploited in the wild. Microsoft has released SecurityAdvisory 2757760 with mitigation techniques.
Packet Storm ≈ Full Disclosure...

Guest Blogger for National Cyber Security Awareness Month ...
Lance Spitzner (Training Director, SANS Securing The Human Program) will be guest blogging for EDUCAUSE during National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM) this October. Read more about security awareness, security metrics, ...
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UK spy agency launches contest in hunt for tomorrow's cyber security
By Trevor Mogg
UK spy agency GCHQ has launched a special contest in the hope of uncovering the cyber securityexperts of tomorrow.

Bank of America Website under Cyber Attack from Islamic Hackers ...
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WEBINAR: The Silent Assassins in Your Cyber Security Strategy
Veracode Security Blog: Application security research, security trends and opinions » ALL THINGSSECURITY » WEBINAR: The Silent Assassins in Your Cyber ...
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FBI warns cyber criminals are targeting banks to conduct wire fraud

FBI warns cyber criminals are targeting banks to conduct wire fraud
The Hill (blog)
The FBI has issued a fraud alert warning that cyber criminals are hacking into the computer systems of banks and credit unions to send unauthorized wire transfers overseas that range from nearly half a million to one million dollars. In the fraud alert ...

National Cyber Security Alliance Announces Theme for Data Privacy Day; Forms ...
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
18, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA), a non-profit public-private partnership focused on helping all digital citizens stay safer and more secure online and official coordinator of Data Privacy Day (DPD), today ...

NetLib teams with CIS to fight cyber security
Mass High Tech
Neil Weicher wants to win the battle in cyber security. NetLib, a Stamford, Conn.-based provider of encryption software founded by Weicher, has partnered with the Center for Internet Security, a non-profit focused on cyber security readiness, to ...

Mass High Tech

Cyber security biggest challenge for universal credit, says David Freud
ComputerWeekly.com
Cyber security is the biggest challenge for the government's universal credit roll-out, welfare reform minister David Freud has told a select committee. Speaking to a select committee, pensions minister Ian Duncan Smith said government had consulted ...

Dem senators Coons, Blumenthal call on White House to issue cyber order
The Hill (blog)
In a joint letter sent to the White House on Tuesday, the two Democratic senators urged President Obama to direct Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano to form an inter-agency group that "will develop, in close collaboration with the private ...

How Vulnerable Are YOU? – Cyber Security is Not Just for Governments
Investment U
Cyber security has many different facets. The one discussed above highlights the need for identity protection and verification. Is the user who they say they are? There are many other facets to cyber security – anti-virus, firewalls, intrusion ...

Exclusive: Cyber attackers could cripple UK, warns Blunkett
Yorkshire Post
FORMER Home Secretary David Blunkett has revealed terrorist groups and rogue states are gaining the capacity to cripple Britain with a large-scale cyber attack, paralysing the country's infrastructure and returning it to conditions seen in the 1950s...

Yorkshire Post

Industry Leaders RSA and Guidance Software to Collaborate On Automated ...
DailyFinance
The interoperability between EnCase Cybersecurity and RSA enVision platform will significantly reduce both the cost and the time it takes to respond to a cyber attack, allowing organizations to more effectively defend their networks and digital assets ...

Educational portal debuts ahead of National Cyber Security ...
By Simply Security
In advance of National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM), the National Cyber SecurityAlliance (NCSA) has debuted a new web portal for visitors to access security resources.
Simply Security

National Cyber Security Alliance Announces Theme for Data Privacy ...
From Yahoo! News: New Web Portal Launched with Resources and Tips for ImprovingData Privacy and ProtectionWASHINGTON, Sept. 18, 2012 ...
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Cyber clues link US to new computer viruses

Cyber clues link US to new computer viruses
Reuters
BOSTON (Reuters) - Researchers have found evidence suggesting that the United States may have developed three previously unknown computer viruses for use in espionage operations or cyber warfare. The findings are likely to bolster a growing view that ...

First Inductees to National Cyber Security Hall of Fame Unveiled
Sacramento Bee
17, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Mike Jacobs, Chairman of the National Cyber Security Hall of Fame, today released the names of 11 pioneers who will be enshrined in the Hall of Fame on Wednesday, October 17 at a gala banquet at the Four Seasons Hotel ...

New cyber security unit vitally needed
Deccan Chronicle
To set up a cyber security unit dedicated to the conduct of constant surveillance of the Internet is a welcome step. The government's proposals in this regard are seen to be finally progressing in the right direction. What is planned is a watchdog body ...

Smart Grid Cyber Security Market & Electrical Energy Storage Technology in the ...
Sacramento Bee
ReportsnReports.com adds "Cyber Security in Smart Grid - Market Size, Key Issues, Regulations and Outlook to 2020" and "Electrical Energy Storage Technology and its Use Within the Intelligent Grid" to its store. A new research expects the smart grid ...

10 Cyber Threats Small Businesses Can't Ignore
InformationWeek
"Before the attack I had no idea we would be a target," Burman says. "I had heard about cyberattacks before but never thought it could happen to a small business. I thought they normally target large businesses, online gambling types, as they have the ...

Cyber attack victims fear exposure
Deutsche Welle
First, Germany's Deutsche Telekom hosted its inaugural Cyber Security Summit. About 70 executives from some of the country's biggest companies had gathered in Bonn to discuss one of the biggest digital threats to their businesses. And at the same time, ...

Deutsche Welle

Cybersecurity should be more active, official says
Washington Post
Chabinsky, who was the FBI Cyber Division's deputy assistant director and who has joined thesecurity firm Crowdstrike, said he is “not advocating vigilantism” or striking back at an attacker for retaliation's sake. Rather, he said, from his FBI ...

New UK research institute for cyber security announced
Odgers Commercial and Public Sector
David Willetts, minister for universities and science, said: "Britain has one of the largest online economies in the world and a growing cyber security sector, and we need to ensure this success continues." It was announced earlier this month that GCHQ ...

DARPA Selects Rockwell Collins to Lead Cyber Security Program for Unmanned ...
defpro
13:32 GMT, September 17, 2012 NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. | Rockwell Collins has been selected as the prime contractor for the unmanned air vehicle portion of the High-Assurance Cyber Military Systems (HACMS) program sponsored by the Defense ...

Unisys Teams with Fusion - Analyst Blog
NASDAQ
Fusion will emphasize on Unisys Stealth Solution Suite of cybersecurity software, which enables organizations address the growing challenge of cyber security breaches. The NSA-certified solutions use patented security techniques that block data ...

DMU Cyber Security Centre Launch - Qosmos
By qos-redacteur
Leicester, UK – September 18, 2012. See secure application-level network intelligence from Qosmos and Deep-Secure at the launch of De Montfort University's Cyber Security Center in the UK Qosmos has combined expertise with ...
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Cyber Trends at the Illinois Cyber Security Forum 2012

Cyber Trends at the Illinois Cyber Security Forum 2012
Public CIO (blog)
Like other events that I attended over the past year, plenty of people wanted to know how to become a cyber security professional. ... I had the opportunity to travel to Springfield, Illinois, during this past week to speak at the Illinois Cyber ...

Moving at a snail's pace
Hindustan Times
He assured that the government was working to develop a robust cyber security structure that would address the issues of threat management and mitigation, assurance and certification, capacity building and also enhance research in the area. Further, he ...

Huawei Technologies face discrimination
gulfnews.com
China's second largest private company with branches in 140 countries issued a report on cyber security last week that included a pledge never to cooperate with spying in a fresh effort to allay concerns in the US and elsewhere that threaten to hamper ...

Country's first programme to protect infrastructure in state soon
Times of India
Under the project, the CDRC will study cyber security level of certain important government establishments, plan fake attacks and develop programmes to detect and counter them accordingly. The idea was conceived by CDRC after the recent attack on ...

University of Minnesota sponsors Cyber Security Summit Oct. 9-10 ...
Cyber Security Summit - 300. Sponsored by the University of Minnesota Technological Leadership Institute, the second annual Cyber Security Summit is set for ...
www.umn.edu/news/news.../UR_CONTENT_409446.html

Killer Apps: Dempsey, Zuckerburg and cyber security
Foreign Policy (blog)
"The conversation included discussions of the role of venture capital in creating innovation, the pressing need for better cyber security, the cyber security legislation now pending in Congress, ways industry and government can better share information ...

Cyber risk insurance becoming a concern for businesses
Live Insurance News
Cyber security is beginning to be a major concern in the U.S., according to a new study published by Corporate Board Member and FTI Consulting. As the world of business becomes more accommodating of emerging technologies, the possibility ofcyber ...

Live Insurance News

Experts: Two big cyber-spy 'gangs' in China steal US business secrets
Alaska Dispatch
Among the 20 or so identifiable Chinese cyberespionage groups, the two that dwarf the others are the Elderwood Gang and the Comment Crew. The two have many different names, with researchers giving them different monikers. To Dell Secureworks cyber ...

GCHQ in UK right to get serious about cyber-attacks
PublicServiceEurope.com
The institute will take the form of a 'virtual' organisation involving seven British universities and will work alongside the research institute in the science ofcyber security - with the aim of providing intelligence to help the British government ...

PublicServiceEurope.com

Be part of an elite community and join in the fight: cracking codes and ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The need to defend against these cyber attacks has spurred an evolution in the field of InformationWarfare – and generated exciting, meaningful career opportunities for a new generation of men and women who want to serve their country. ... As cyber ...

2012 - The Year of Cyber Warfare
DaniWeb (blog)
If 2012 is going to be known for anything in the IT world, it's likely to be known for how apparent government intervention has become with the internet, security, and all-out cyber-warfare. While the breadth of government involvement is great, ranging ...

ZTE, Huawei Deny Involvement in Cyber Espionage
eSecurity Planet
"Thursday's hearing was held as part of an investigation launched by the U.S. House Intelligence Committee to find if Huawei and ZTE posed a security threat to the nation given the increasing cyber attacks allegedly coming from China," writes PCWorld's ...

eSecurity Planet

Saudi- Aramco continues to investigate cyber attack
MENAFN.COM
Saudi- Aramco continues to investigate cyber attack Join our daily free Newsletter ... We have reinforced our network security systems and further enhanced security related technologies of the network, said Saudi Aramco. The company reiterated that the ...

ATM fraud: Is your money safe?
Independent
What aggravates the situation is the fact that banks are reluctant to disclose that they are underattack by ATM fraud syndicates, because they do not want to give the impression that their customers' money is not being kept securely, which might scare ...

Maintain separate e-mail ids for social networking and banking: Symantec
Tech2
Speaking of cyber security, Ghosh soon picked up the topic of framing securepasswords, and the importance of having a strong password. He, quite rightly pointed out that some users pick their spouse's birthdate, or anniversary date or their own birth...

Tech2

UK Plans £3.8 Million Cyber Security Research Institute - eSecurity ...
The institute, hosted at University College London, will launch on the 1st of October.
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