Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans With the Chinese hack of employee records underscoring weaknesses in federal computer security, two senior GOP senators say the White House has failed to tell Congress what it’s doing to protect its own networks from intruders. In a letter to President Obama,…
Cyberattack tied to Hezbollah ups the ante for Israel’s digital defenses
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans TEL AVIV — Israel is familiar with defending itself against cyberattacks from small hacker groups and armed militants alike. Last year, it claims to have fended off a large-scale strike from Iran during the war with Hamas. But recently, security researchers in Israel…
Hacker arrested for Hacking into USA Department of Defense’s payroll and stealing $ 15 million
a USA based Hacker Named “the New yorker” has been plead guilty for hacking into USA Department of Defense’s payroll system including Citibank, JP Morgan Chase, PayPal, Nordstrom Bank and Veracity Payment Solutions, while his 2 Ukrainian friends are still at large. Hackers were able to gain access into the…
Cyber Squared launches ThreatConnect partner program to automate cyber defenses
Top Priority Sector: cyber_security Cyber Squared recently unveiled a partnership program for its ThreatConnect intelligence platform designed to help organizations identify and eliminate cybersecurity threats. Read More…. View full post on The Cyber Wars
U.S. and Czech Republic increase nuclear smuggling defenses
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: cbrne_detection Image Caption: Daniel Poneman Under an agreement signed on Sept. 7 with the U.S. nuclear security agency, the Czech Republic will receive portable radiation detection gear to help prevent illicit trafficking of special nuclear and other radioactive material. The country signed a Memorandum of…
Network Monitoring Plan Raises Questions of Privacy and “Active Defenses” (February 27, 2012)
The White House has resisted pressure from the National Security Agency (NSA) to expand that agency’s authority in the protection of private-sector networks that are part of the country’s critical infrastructure……. View full post on SANS NewsBites View full post on National Cyber Security
RSA Chief: Conventional Security Defenses Are Inadequate
Speaking from recent experience, RSA’s Art Coviello says the question now is not whether your defenses will be breached — it’s whether you are equipped to respond when it happens. View full post on eSecurityPlanet RSS Feed View full post on National Cyber Security
Chrome 17 beta boosts malware defenses and learns a new speed trick
In recent times all the major web browsers have made serious leaps in terms of speed thanks to improvements in HTML parsing, JavaScript engines, and the arrival of hardware accelerated rendering. As differences in performance become less apparent, it’s becoming more and more important for companies like Google and Microsoft…
Gov’t Report Warns of Chinese Plans to Cripple U.S. Space Defenses
Report says two U.S. satellites were hacked in 2007 and 2008, attacks resemble Chinese military literature View full post on germany cyber attack – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security Gergory Evans
Pentagon expands cyberwarfare defenses to key military contractors
Intrusions into defense networks are now close to 30 per cent of the Pentagon’s Cyber Crime Center’s workload View full post on homeland cyber – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security