Blog Posts Tagged with "Cyber Security"
Cyber Espionage and the Greatest Transfer of Wealth in History
July 10, 2012 Added by:Headlines
"Symantec placed the cost of IP theft to United States companies at $250 billion a year. Global cybercrime at $114 billion - nearly $388 billion when you factor in downtime. And McAfee estimates that $1 trillion was spent globally on remediation. And that's our future disappearing in front of us..."
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Department of Homeland Security Enhances Cybersecurity Team
July 09, 2012 Added by:Headlines
"These new members of our vast cybersecurity team bring a wide array of experience and skills. Building on the successes of our strong and robust team, we are taking the DHS cybersecurity program to new levels that will ultimately enhance the security and safety of our nation..."
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Cloud Coverage: Malware as a Service
July 04, 2012 Added by:Gregory Hale
The cloud-based control panel uses the secure HTTPS protocol and has a valid certificate. The customer has access to tutorials and a malware engine that generates customized Trojans in real-time. The team behind the service makes sure the created Trojans have a low rate of detection by major antivirus products...
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Small Business Cyber Security: An Infographic
July 02, 2012 Added by:Fergal Glynn
Businesses often assume they are safe from cyber attacks because they are too small to be of interest to hackers, or mistakenly assume they have taken adequate measures to protect themselves. This infographic highlights the risks faced by small businesses and gives a few tips to help safeguard against attacks...
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Are Enterprises Really Hacking the Hackers?
June 27, 2012 Added by:Rafal Los
Active defense is using technology which can confuse an attacker, mislead them into spending time on worthless parts of an application, or slowing the response rate of the network or application down. That's active defense. Striking back involves actually going on the offensive, which is likely highly illegal...
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ENISA: Getting Ready for Cyber Europe 2012
June 27, 2012 Added by:Headlines
Cyber Europe 2012 is the 2nd pan-European exercise on Critical Information Infrastructure Protection. It ties together the extensive activities in the EU, at both national and European level, to improve the resilience of critical information infrastructures. The exercise will take place in the autumn...
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MI5 Chief: Cyber Espionage Threat on an "Industrial Scale"
June 26, 2012 Added by:Headlines
"Britain’s National Security Strategy makes it clear that cyber security ranks alongside terrorism as one of the four key security challenges facing the UK. Vulnerabilities in the internet are being exploited aggressively not just by criminals but also by states. And the extent of what is going on is astonishing..."
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ICS-CERT: Control System Internet Accessibility
June 25, 2012 Added by:Infosec Island Admin
ICS-CERT is tracking and has responded to multiple reports of researchers using SHODAN, Every Routable IP Project (ERIPP), Google, and other search engines to discover Internet facing control systems. ICS-CERT has identified system owners and operators to notify them of their potential vulnerability...
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On NATO and Cyber Warfare
June 20, 2012 Added by:gaToMaLo r. amores
"Threats are rapidly evolving both in frequency and sophistication. Threats emanating from cyberspace – whether from states, hacktivists or criminal organizations, among many others – pose a considerable challenge to the Alliance and must be dealt with as a matter of urgency"...
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NARUC: Cybersecurity Guidance for State Utility Regulators
June 20, 2012 Added by:Infosec Island Admin
“Understanding risk means understanding the relationship between vulnerability (such as a system with a known but unaddressed weakness), threat (such as a bad actor propagating viruses or worms) and consequence (such as physical damage and loss of public safety). Simply understanding risks is just the first step"...
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FBI Announces Executive Appointments in Cyber Division
June 19, 2012 Added by:Headlines
FBI Director Robert S. Mueller announced that Joseph M. Demarest will move to the Cyber Division as assistant director and that Cyber Division Section Chief James C. Burrell has been appointed deputy assistant director of the Cyber Division at FBI Headquarters...
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Tip of the Iceberg: 107,655 Cybersecurity Incidents in 2011
June 19, 2012 Added by:Joel Harding
Only a small percentage of companies will voluntarily share security information, and we can not see systemic trends. What is needed is a level playing field for all. All corporations need to disclose cybersecurity incident data so we can get a comprehensive picture a systemic defense is possible...
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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Warns of Cyber Arms Race
June 18, 2012 Added by:Headlines
"With confirmation that the United States was behind the 2010 cyberattack on Iran's nuclear enrichment facility, the world has officially entered a new era of warfare... The parallels with the invention and first use of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki are eerie," writes Benedict...
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Cyber Warfare, Budget Cuts and a Shortage of Cyber Experts
June 16, 2012 Added by:Pierluigi Paganini
Despite the increased engagement in cyber warfare, the US must faces a crisis which has inevitable effects on the budgets allocated to defense. U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta often has expressed concerns about the possibility of a major cyber attack against the US and its critical infrastructure...
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NSA's National Centers of Academic Excellence Announced
June 15, 2012 Added by:Headlines
Program graduates often develop into cyber experts who help to protect national-security information systems, commercial networks, and critical information infrastructure in both the private and public sectors – meeting the increasingly urgent needs of the U.S. government, industry, and academia...
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Panetta: Urgency Needed to Defend Against Cyber Attacks
June 15, 2012 Added by:Headlines
“I'm very concerned at the potential in cyber to be able to cripple our power grid, to be able to cripple our government systems, to be able to cripple our financial systems. It would virtually paralyze this country. And as far as I'm concerned, that represents the potential for another Pearl Harbor… using cyber"...
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