Senior Obama administration officials walked some 50 U.S. senators through a cyber-attack scenario Wednesday evening to press for pending legislation that would give the Department of Homeland Security authority to force critical industries to better protect their systems. Read full article >> View full post on cyber attack – Yahoo!…
New cyber-attack on Greek ministry after arrest
Greece's justice ministry on Wednesday sustained a cyber-attack, the second this month, after the arrest of a teenager accused of participating in the first hacking, police said. View full post on cyber attack – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
‘This is just the beginning’: Hacking group Anonymous launches cyber-attack on Greek Ministry of Justice
Greek police believe the hack was launched in protest against the government's support for the anti-piracy treaty ACTA. View full post on cyber crime hacking – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security » Computer Hacking
UK prepared for cyberattack, but cybercriminals ‘faster and swifter’
The UK is relatively well prepared for cyberattacks but it has more work to do, according to a new cybersecurity study from McAfee and the Security Defence Agenda (SDA). The report, which ranks 23 countries on cybersecurity readiness, gives no countries the highest mark, five stars. Israel, Sweden and Finland…
Lithuanian central bank hit by cyber-attack
Lithuania's central bank said Friday it had been hit by a cyber-attack, but had eventually overcome the assault on its website and other online services. View full post on cyber attack – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Stratfor Taps CSID To Protect Identities Breached In Cyberattack
Attacks resulted in the unauthorized disclosure of personal information View full post on cyber security alerts – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Stratfor cyberattack adds an exclamation point to ‘Year of the Hack’
Don’t be too surprised if historians look back at 2011 and dub it “The Year of the Hack.” If so, it won’t likely be due to raw numbers of computer networks infiltrated or websites defaced, but rather the fact that cyberspies, criminals, and hacktivists finally registered as a major threat…
Raids target computers suspected in ‘ Anonymous ‘ cyber-attack
UMSL student is shaken by federal raid over hacking, denies role in attack. View full post on cyber crime hacking – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Germany runs cyber-attack crisis management exercise
Information warfare is increasingly a subject for the here and now, rather than the cinema and at this year’s crisis management exercises, the German government is showing that they take it very seriously. View full post on germany cyber attack – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National…
Cyber-attack on U.S. co. traced to Russia
A federal investigation under way into a possible foreign attack on an American industrial facility. It would mark the first of its kind. Betty Nguyen reports. View full post on cyber attack – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security