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  • Hitting back at cyberattackers: Experts discuss pros and cons

    Posted November 1, 2012 - 11:58 am

    The questions are being asked more often: When a cyberattack hits your network, is it right to launch a counter-attack of some type to try to at least identify the source if not stop it? Since the wheels of justice do indeed grind slowly, should frustrated IT professionals with security skills take matters into their own hands or hire others to do so?

  • DDoS attacks against banks raise question: Is this cyberwar?

    Posted October 25, 2012 - 11:50 am

    It's been a month of crippling denial-of-service attacks on websites operated by U.S. banks and financial services firms. A terrorist organization called Al-Qassam takes credit online, but now the attacks are being blamed on Iran.

  • Why the government's cybersecurity plan will end in catastrophe

    Posted October 21, 2012 - 7:57 am

    The Department of Defense wants access to private computer systems in the name of cybersecurity. In addition to being a privacy nightmare, CIO.com columnist Rob Enderle says a centralized information sharing system will actually make the United States more susceptible to cyber attacks and suggests an alternate approach to cybersecurity.

  • Cyberthieves loot $400,000 from city bank account

    Posted October 15, 2012 - 4:33 pm

    Burlington, Wash. officials have notified hundreds of employees and residents that their bank account information was compromised last week when hackers broke into city systems and stole more than $400,000 from a city account at Bank of America.

  • Future cyber attacks could rival 9-11, cripple US, warns Panetta

    Posted October 12, 2012 - 1:49 am

    The U.S. is facing a dramatically increasing threat from cyber attacks and a future attack on the country's critical infrastructure could have an effect similar to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks of 2001, the U.S. Secretary of Defense said Thursday evening.

  • Iran denies launching cyberattacks on U.S. banks

    Posted September 24, 2012 - 11:33 am

    Iran is being accused of launching cyberattacks against U.S.-based banks that include Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup, an accusation that was firmly rejected by the head of Iran's Civil Defense Organization.

  • U.S. banks on high alert against cyberattacks

    Posted September 24, 2012 - 11:26 am

    The Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center has put U.S. banks on high alert against cyberattackers seeking to steal employee network login credentials to conduct extensive wire transfer fraud.

  • Cyber espionage campaign targets energy companies

    Posted September 24, 2012 - 10:44 am

    Hackers using a Remote Access Trojan (RAT) named Mirage have been engaged in a systematic cyber espionage campaign against a Canadian energy company, a large oil firm in the Philippines and several other entities since at least this April, Dell's SecureWorks Counter Threat Unit says.

  • German cybersecurity agency prods users to ditch IE

    Posted September 18, 2012 - 3:25 pm

    Germany's cybersecurity agency is urging users to drop Internet Explorer and switch to a rival, like Chrome or Firefox, until Microsoft patches a new critical bug in its browser.

  • Questions loom about Obama's cybersecurity plans

    Posted September 18, 2012 - 11:36 am

    With opposition growing to reported plans by President Obama to issue an Executive Order to bolster cybersecurity for the nation's critical infrastructure, the question now is whether the White House will plow ahead or drop the idea quietly in an election year.

  • Tech policy 2012: Comparing the Democrat's and Republican's platforms

    Posted September 12, 2012 - 3:29 pm

    In the presidential campaign, cybersecurity and Internet freedom won't get top billing as the candidates spar over their plans for creating jobs and cutting deficits, but the two major parties have included positions on several technology policy issues in the platforms ratified at their recent conventions.

  • Obama may start CISPA-style cybersecurity with Executive Order

    Posted September 11, 2012 - 1:06 am

    CISPA, blocked last April in the Senate for overruling privacy protections for citizens, may be put into place by Executive Order.

  • Spotlight on cybersecurity

    Posted September 10, 2012 - 1:10 pm

    Cybersecurity events make splashy news headlines, with damages from data breaches running in the millions of dollars and the spectre of attacks on government agencies and critical infrastructure looming large. Here's what you need to know about cybersecurity and cyber threats.

  • Does a cyber-9/11 loom?

    Posted September 5, 2012 - 8:39 am

    The longer Congress waits to gets its act together on cybersecurity, the longer the U.S. remains at risk of an attack by spies, terrorists, hackers or companies representing themselves or an entire rogue nation. Can Washington rise to the challenge without crushing civil liberties?

  • Playing politics with cybersecurity

    Posted September 3, 2012 - 9:40 pm

    For most people, hackers and malware are nefarious entities intent on compromising their PCs and mobile devices, and perhaps stealing some login credentials or financial details. A successful attack can be quite frustrating,--or even devastating--on a personal level, but nobody gets killed and the world goes on.

  • The Weekly Hash - August 31, 2012

    Posted August 31, 2012 - 11:54 am

    A review of some of the top tech stories for the past week, with tongue planted firmly somewhere near cheek.

  • Sen. Feinstein urges Obama to issue executive order on cybersecurity

    Posted August 30, 2012 - 8:57 pm

    Sen. Dianne Feinstein, chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, wants President Obama to issue an executive order aimed at protecting the nation's critical infrastructure against cyber threats.

  • GOP platform seeks more aggressive U.S. cyber deterrence policies

    Posted August 30, 2012 - 11:15 am

    The 2012 Republican Party platform adopted this week calls for a more aggressive U.S. cyber deterrence policy for dealing with security threats against government and civilian targets.

  • Private sector fights on despite cybersecurity bill's failure

    Posted August 23, 2012 - 3:37 pm

    The debate continues about the government's role, but that has not stopped cybercriminals -- and business' effort to stop them

  • Dept. of Energy wants electric utilities to create “cybersecurity governance board”

    Posted August 13, 2012 - 11:15 am

    The Dept. of Energy (DoE) has issued a call for to electric-power companies that encourages them to make cybersecurity a top priority by setting up a “cybersecurity governance board” to oversee an internal cybersecurity program for protection and share information with the DoE.

  • Cybersecurity isn't a border-based threat, it's a viral threat

    Posted July 19, 2012 - 9:45 pm

    The traditional notion of warfare among nation-states is rapidly becoming obsolete as acts of kinetic aggression are being replaced by online crimes and other disruptions that can be perpetrated by individuals or small groups. Expert Ben Hammersley argues that policymakers need to rethink the core principals of national security away from the current outdated military model in use.

  • Google finds 9,500 new threat sites per day

    Posted June 20, 2012 - 11:24 am

    On the fifth anniversary of its Safe Browsing initiative, Google has opened up about some of the risks it sees trending and what it's been doing about them. Mainly it warns users, many of whom ignore warnings about legitimate sites that have been compromised by malware.

  • Iran admits expanded cyberattacks, claims it's identified hackers

    Posted May 1, 2012 - 4:54 pm

    The Iranian government acknowledged today that authorities have found evidence of recent cyberattacks against several agencies, according to reports by state-sponsored media outlets.

  • Romney holds softer position on pr0n than in video

    Posted April 26, 2012 - 11:14 am

    Mitt Romney's new viral video comes from a 2007 speech in which he promised to require filters on every new computer to block Internet pr0n. The video may be misleading. Romney opposed SOPA, has no official position on CISPA and hasn't gone into pron much recently.

  • Former cybersecurity czar: Every major U.S. company has been hacked by China

    Posted March 27, 2012 - 12:18 pm

    Former White House cybersecurity advisor Richard Clarke tells Smithsonian magazine that state-sanctioned Chinese hackers are stealing R&D from U.S. companies.
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