Cyber Terrorists Threaten Fresh Attacks Against US Banks
Fox Business
PNC said in a Facebook post that it is "aware that some U.S. banks may be the target of a potentialcyber attack." The company said that it was not experiencing any issues, but warned clients that "this potential threat could result in high volume of ...
Solid ideas of improving state government's cyber security
Charleston Post Courier (subscription)
Accountability and oversight demand a responsible central authority. And such an authority has been clearly lacking in our state government's woefully inadequate cyber security system, according to S.C. Inspector General Patrick J. Maley. In his recent ...
Smart-grid cyber-security sales to exceed $600 million in 2020
TelecomEngine
Sales of cyber security products for smart grid industrial control systems (ICS) are set to exceed $600 million in 2020, up from $369 million this year, as “the cost of complacency becomes more apparent”. Such is the headline finding of a new study by ...
Cyber attacks on Gulf infrastructure seen rising
Reuters
His comments came a few months after a virus infected 30,000 computers at Saudi Arabia's national oil company, Saudi Aramco, which said on Sunday the attack was aimed at stopping oil and gas production at the world's biggest oil exporter. ... "There is ...
Aramco cyber attack targeted production
Financial Times
The same cyber virus that targeted Saudi Aramco, known as Shamoon, was also used to attacksystems at Qatar's RasGas , one of the largest producers of liquefied natural gas, industry executives and internet security experts said. The wave of cyber ...
10 security stories that shaped 2012
ZDNet
Summary: From a major malware attack on the Mac OS X to state-sponsored cyber-espionage attacks, IT security in 2012 will be remembered as the year that piqued the imagination. Ryan Naraine. By Ryan Naraine for Zero Day | December 10, 2012 -- 19:22 ...
Attorney-General Nicola Roxon boosts arsenal in cyber war
The Australian
CYBER security operatives at the Attorney-General's Department have kicked off a major program to both improve a system used to detect fraud and identity theft and open it up for commercial use. The national document verification service forms a ...
Hong Kong cops open £700k cyber security centre
Register
The Hong Kong government has thrown HK$9 million (£730,000) at a new Cyber Security Centre in a bid to tackle the growing threat to critical infrastructure in the Special Administrative Region of China. Police commissioner Tsang Wai-hung said at the ...
European renewable power grid rocked by cyber-attack
Electric Light & Power
The association is understood to be communicating closely and regularly with the European Commission about potential cyber-security threats to Europe's grids. However, beyond flagging their critical systems protection working group, ENTSO-E will not ...
Cyber warfare 'fifth realm of war': Abizaid
The News International
... face challenges in cyber warfare due to compartmentalising of various departments that should be working together, said John Reid, a former British defence minister. Both men were talking at the Gulf International Cyber Security Symposium in Dubai ...
Beyond Cyber Monday – How Businesses and Consumers Can Protect ...
Business 2 Community
In fact, there is a great deal of symmetry between consumers and business owners when it comes to online security, as both must ensure the integrity of the networks, partners and resources that they use while conducting their cyber activity. Without ...
A new brand of cyber security: hacking the hackers - Los Angeles ...
WASHINGTON — As head of the FBI's cyber crimes division, Shawn Henry often had to deal with exasperated company executives after his agents informed ...
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McCaul: Cybersecurity legislation is 'top' priority next Congress - The ...
One of the top priorities for new House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) next Congress is to bring a cybersecurity bill to the ...
thehill.com/.../271251-mccaul-cybersecurity-legislation-is-qto...
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