Cybersecurity experts are urging senators to close loopholes in legislation to give the government some ability to force critical industries to make their computer networks more secure. Two experts are saying the bill could allow many companies to avoid regulation entirely or drag out the process for up to eight…
Experts say Iran has “neutralized” Stuxnet virus (Reuters)
Reuters – Iranian engineers have succeeded in neutralizing and purging the computer virus known as Stuxnet from their country’s nuclear machinery, European and U.S. officials and private experts have told Reuters. View full post on Yahoo! News: Security News View full post on National Cyber Security
Experts say Iran has “neutralized” Stuxnet virus (Reuters)
Reuters – Iranian engineers have succeeded in neutralizing and purging the computer virus known as Stuxnet from their country’s nuclear machinery, European and U.S. officials and private experts have told Reuters. View full post on Yahoo! News: Security News View full post on National Cyber Security
Experts say Iran has “neutralized” Stuxnet virus
(Reuters) – Iranian engineers have succeeded in neutralizing and purging the computer virus known as Stuxnet from their country’s nuclear machinery, European and U.S. officials and private experts have told Reuters. The malicious code, whose precise origin and authorship remain unconfirmed, made its way as early as 2009 into equipment…
Security experts speak out against proposed cyber security regulations
Cyber security experts on Wednesday warned members of a House subcommittee against racing to legislation that would establish an overly burdensome regulatory framework for safeguarding digital systems against attacks, instead urging a more limited approach that would clear away legal impediments such as the prohibitions against sharing critical threat information….
Cyber weapons growing concern in hyper connected world, experts say
The concept of cyberwar crossed a threshold in 2010, says Michael Hayden, former CIA and NSA director, when the Stuxnet computer worm destroyed a series of nuclear centrifuges in Iran by hijacking their controls. View full post on computer worm – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National…
Readers and Experts Weigh In on a Site Owner vs. Google
Malware may be the digital equivalent of bedbugs: suddenly ubiquitous, hard to treat and a real menace for those infested. That might explain why a Bits post on Thursday, “One Man’s Fight With Google Over a Security Warning,” stoked such impassioned responses. One commenter likened Dr. Epstein’s predicament with malware…
Cybersecurity career experts: Mobile app security skills hot in 2012
The increase in smartphones and other mobile devices has fueled demand for IT security pros with mobile app security and networking skills, say several cybersecurity career experts. <img alt="Cybersecurity career experts: Mobile app security skills hot in 2012, Blog, Security, skills, Mobile, Cybersecurity, experts, 2012., career"height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=TechBiz…
2012 Will See Rise in Cyber-Espionage and Malware, Experts Say
The security industry expects the number of cyber-espionage attacks to increase in 2012 and the malware used for this purpose to become increasingly sophisticated. In the past two years there has been a surge in the number of malware-based attacks that resulted in sensitive data being stolen from government agencies,…
2012 Will See a Rise in Cyber-espionage Attacks and Sophisticated Malware, Experts Say
The security industry expects the number of cyber-espionage attacks to increase in 2012 and the malware used for this purpose to become increasingly sophisticated. In the past two years there has been a surge in the number of malware-based attacks that resulted in sensitive data being stolen from government agencies,…