NSA slapped malware on 50,000+ networks, says report
A new slide culled from the trove of documents leaked by Edward Snowden shows where the NSA placed malware on more than 50,000 computer networks worldwide, according to Dutch media outlet NRC. The NSA...
View ArticleRockefeller to offer cybersecurity amendment to Defense bill | TheHill
Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) plans to offer his cybersecurity bill as an amendment to the Defense authorization bill Thursday. The amendment has the support of Senate...
View ArticleCyber Warfare Keeps Insurance Execs Awake at Night
In addition to a global pandemic and major natural catastrophe, global insurance executives ranked cyber warfare among the extreme risks that could rattle the industry in a new survey by Towers Watson...
View ArticleAdam Meyer on Implementing the Cyber Security Framework
While the Federal Cyber Security Framework (CSF) drafting process has been one of the better collaboration exercises the government and private sector have engaged in for quite some time, it has also...
View ArticleDefense industry: Cyber, anti-riot, special forces emerging niche markets
Turkey’s local defense companies and their foreign partners may see a near-boom in smaller but specialist industries in the coming years, including cyber technologies, anti-riot equipment and a variety...
View ArticleBeijing Firmly Rejects Latest Hacking Accusations
China on Tuesday rejected a US computer security firm’s accusation of Chinese hacking against European countries before the G20 Summit in September. According to recent media reports quoting research...
View ArticleCyber Warfare: The Black Hole of Online Crime
Christmas is coming, and in the build-up millions of people across the UK will be shopping for presents online. But the Met Police has warned web users that it is a time when many could also become the...
View ArticleTech Threats Abound Beyond Spam, Malware During Holidays
The ubiquitous warnings about online shopping risks are well founded. As numerous experts are reminding consumers and businesses, the high season for shopping is also the high season for cybercrime. To...
View Article9 Notorious Hackers Of 2013
Who should make the list of the world’s most notorious hackers in 2013? If recent years are any guide, crime-committing hacktivists should loom large. In 2011, LulzSec stormed on to the scene, pulling...
View ArticleBarry University Acknowledges Security Breach
The Miami Herald reports that Florida’s Barry University recently began notifying patients of its Foot and Ankle Institute that their medical records and personal information may have been accessed by...
View ArticleChina’s Version of Paypal Lost a Huge Trove of User Data – And Didn’t Notice...
The online payment platform Alipay has apologized to customers after user information including names and home addresses, were stolen. The apology came a bit late—some three years after the fact. The...
View ArticleThe Internet of Things Is Wildly Insecure — And Often Unpatchable
We’re at a crisis point now with regard to the security of embedded systems, where computing is embedded into the hardware itself — as with the Internet of Things. These embedded computers are riddled...
View ArticleSticking It To The ATM
Ever since Barnaby Jack leapt on stage at Black Hat USA and had ATMs spew money as if it were going out of style, hackers around the globe have been busy trying to replicate the research before banks...
View ArticleDepartment of Homeland Security Issues Malware Alert
The Department of Homeland Security’s United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) recently issued a malware-POS alert, TA14-002A, entitled “Malware Targeting Point of Sale Systems.” The...
View ArticleDo We Need Cyber Warfare Treaties? Study Looks at Legacy of Stuxnet
Over the last few years, Iran, China and the United States have all deployed weapons capable of damaging physical infrastructure, all without a single explosion. Unlike conventional weapons, these...
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