‘They’d love to do damage’: The FBI says ISIS wants to go after one of America’s biggest vulnerabilities
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans ISIS hackers are attempting to penetrate the US energy grid to carry out cyberattacks and take down parts of the country’s energy supply, CNN Money reports. The hackers, however, have so far proved to be inept. Law-enforcement officials shared the information about attempted cyberattacks at a […]
Cyberattack on U.S. Power Plants Could Cause $1T in Economic Damage
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Let’s imagine an “improbable, but not impossible” cyberassault on the U.S. power grid. A shadowy group of skilled and malicious actors spend years implanting a piece of malware, dubbed the “Erebos” trojan, in the control systems of power plants across the Northeastern United States. It determines […]
Espionage in Spotify but no serious damage
The official blog of the Spotify has asked its users to renew the app’s version to the new one because some unofficial access has been noticed in the company’s data. The company has said that only one account was accessed but none of its personal information, financial information, or the other details were accessed. Read […]
CBP surveyed from the air Isaac’s damage to critical infrastructure
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: disaster_preparedness_emergency_response Image Caption: UH-60 over LaPlace, LA Customs and Border Protection said its agents were in the air as soon as the sun broke through Hurricane Isaac’s clouds to survey how critical infrastructure along the Gulf Coast had fared during the storm. CBP said on Sept. 4 that two Office […]
CBP surveyed Isaac’s damage to critical infrastructure from the air
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: disaster_preparedness_emergency_response Image Caption: UH-60 over LaPlace, LA Customs and Border Protection said its agents were in the air as soon as the sun broke through Hurricane Isaac’s clouds to survey how critical infrastructure along the Gulf Coast had fared during the storm. CBP said on Sept. 4 that two Office […]
VERONA: Burglary, brush fire, fraud, property damage bring out Verona Police
Editor’s note: This report was prepared by the Verona Police Department. View full post on credit report fraud – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
More Thoughts on Damage Mitigation as the New Defense
Earlier this month, Kelly Jackson-Higgins interviewed me for a Dark Reading article, Damage Mitigation as the New Defense. Kelly also sought perspectives from Richard Bejtlich (Mandiant), Neal Creighton (CounterTack), Bruce Schneier (BT Counterpane), George Kurtz (CrowdStrike), and Tim Rains (Microsoft Trustworthy Computing). In the article, Kelly explores “security’s new reality”, which put simply is a […]
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