Hackers Who Insulted Putin on Crimean Ministry Website Remain at Large

Hackers who infiltrated a Russian government website to create an announcement titled “Putin is a D*******” remain at large, Crimean government spokesperson Natalya Kashcheyeva told the Dozhd television channel on Thursday. Pranksters used the website of the Crimean Industrial Policy Ministry to announce the obscenely titled event on May 25. The event, which was described […]

Obama speech on NSA welcome, but effects remain to be seen: EU official

European Union Commissioner for Home Affairs Cecilia Malmstroem on Friday welcomed a speech made by U.S. President Barack Obama on curbing the activities of the National Security Agency (NSA), saying what that meant in practice was yet to be seen. Malmstroem told participants at the 50th Munich Security Conference that there was a need to […]

Cyber threat level remain ‘high’ for U.S. financial sector

Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector:  cyber_security The cCyber threat level for banks and financial institutions remains high as organized denial of service attacks cripple U.S. banking Websites. The Financial Services-Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC) elevated its cyber threat level to high on Sept. 19 as distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks on a number […]

New report says Flashback malware infections remain elevated

Update: 2:05 PM P.T. New concerns emerged Friday about the spread of a malware epidemic that targets users of Apple’s Mac OS X. Last week, Symantec said the number of infections had dropped to 140,000. Another security researcher, Kaspersky Labs, also reported a sharp decline in the number of infected computers. But a Russian security […]

Brose’s child porn indictment to remain

A federal judge has rejected a magistrate’s recommendation that child pornography charges against experimental filmmaker Lawrence F. Brose be dropped. U. S. District Judge William M. Skretny ruled that the federal indictment against the former CEPA Gallery director should stand. Skretny, in ruling against Brose, rejected a recommendation by U. S. Magistrate Judge Jeremiah J. […]

Piracy to remain a threat: O’Connor

Piracy, cyber crime, refugees and climate change are all part of the national security job, Home Affairs Minister Brendan O’Connor says. View full post on cyber pirate – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security Gregory Evans | LinkedIn Interview With Gregory Evans Gregory Evans Security Expert Gregory Evans on Cyber […]