New DIA director says domestic and private sector partners important

Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector:  infrastructure_protection Image Caption:  Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn The newly-appointed director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) told employees to be responsive, timely and relevant not only to its military services customers, but also to the domestic and private-sector. In an open letter to the men and women of DIA, director […]

UK man jailed for hacking a private Facebook account

A man from West Sussex has been sent to jail for 12 months after hacking into a private Facebook account. View full post on Techworld.com security View full post on National Cyber Security » Computer Hacking

Amazon woos enterprise with Virtual Private Cloud

Amazon Web Services is attempting coax businesses into the cloud by touting the security credentials of its Virtual Private Cloud (VPC). View full post on Techworld.com security View full post on National Cyber Security » Computer Hacking

For a truly private social network, try RetroShare

It’s a rare week indeed that doesn’t bring forth some fresh privacy scandal, and creepy apps like Girls Around Me are only one small part of the problem. Just between Facebook and Google, a world of data about us is increasingly available online to pretty much anyone motivated enough to seek it out. If you […]

Blue Coat Systems taken private for $1.3 billion cash

Security vendor Blue Coat Systems is once again a private company after the company’s shareholders confirmed a December takeover that values the company at $1.3 billion (£830 million). The acquisition by private equity company Thoma Bravo brings full circle over a decade of quoted existence after Blue Coat (then called CacheFlow) took itself public during […]

Anonymous Takes Revenge on Oakland Officials, Posts Private Data

Vigilante hacker collective Anonymous made public personal information of Oakland, Calif. city officials Tuesday, in response to what the group calls violent behavior toward Occupy Oakland protestors. View full post on anonymous hacker – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security