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
Stuxnet Strike on U.S. Utility Signals Disturbing Trend
U.S. security experts say a variant of the Stuxnet computer worm caused the destruction of a water pump at a public utility in Springfield, Ill., last week. Discovered in June of last year, Stuxnet targets the Windows-based supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems developed by Siemens to control and…
U.S. probes cyber attack on water system in central Illinois
Federal investigators are looking into a report that hackers managed to remotely shut down a utility’s water pump in central Illinois last week, in what could be the first known foreign cyber attack on a U.S. industrial system. View full post on cyber terrorism – Yahoo! News Search Results View…
Cyber-attack on U.S. co. traced to Russia
A federal investigation under way into a possible foreign attack on an American industrial facility. It would mark the first of its kind. Betty Nguyen reports. View full post on cyber attack – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Fighting Crime With Digital DNA – Fib on Facebook? U.S. Law Calls it Criminal
DNA evidence is widely accepted in courtrooms. And now, so is our “Digital DNA” — those trace zeroes and ones we leave behind on computer systems, in our smartphones , beneath the hoods of our cars and more. View full post on computer forensic – Yahoo! News Search Results View…
Fib on Facebook? U.S. Law Calls It Criminal, Critics Warn
Ever fib about your age on a dating site? What about on Facebook? These infractions could be a federal crime under an obscure 1986 anti-hacking law that was passed well before the advent of social networking sites. View full post on hacking tools – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post…
U.S. business leaders complain about China’s Web control
The Chinese government is using censorship as a tool against U.S. companies trying to do business there, critics say The Chinese government is using Internet censorship as a trade weapon against U.S. tech companies trying to do business there, leaders of two business organizations have told a U.S. government commission…
HTCS1: How does the U.S. government want to fight cybercrime? Read more at http://t.co/Z5JSGTy9
HTCS1: How does the U.S. government want to fight cybercrime? Read more at http://t.co/Z5JSGTy9 View full post on Twitter / HTCS1
Hackers Hijack Millions of Computers in Ad Scam, U.S. Says
November 10, 2011, 5:50 PM EST By Patricia Hurtado and Michael Riley (Updates with prosecutor’s remarks in fourth paragraph.) Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) — The U.S. charged seven people with a “massive” computer intrusion scheme that used malicious software to manipulate online advertising, diverted users to rogue servers and infected more…
2011-11-15 – U.S. DHS Science and Technology Directorate, Cyber Security Division, Cyber Security Research & Development Center wins National Cybersecurity Innovation Award for Research
U.S. DHS Science and Technology Directorate, Cyber Security Division, Cyber Security Research & Development Center wins National Cybersecurity Innovation Award for Research View full post on SANS Press Room View full post on National Cyber Security » Announcements