ICS-CERT urges operators to use searchable databases to prevent attacks

Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector:  infrastructure_protection Searchable, online databases that outside hackers use as a resource to breach equipment on critical infrastructure operating systems, should be used by infrastructure providers to locate and prevent such attacks, said the Industrial Control System Cyber Emergency Response Team (ICS-CERT). Homepage position:  10 read…

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FAIR urges California Governor Jerry Brown to veto immigration-related bill

Top Priority Sector:  law_enforcement_first_responders Image Caption:  California GovernorJerry Brown The California legislature has sent a bill to Governor Jerry Brown that would grant state and local law enforcement the option to ignore all U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainers and would specifically prohibit them from honoring detainers unless an…

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FCC urges Internet companies to safeguard Web

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Internet service providers need to work harder to prevent hacks, data theft and other fraud, including contacting customers whose infected computers have been hijacked by organized crime and helping them clean out viruses, the head of the Federal Communications Commission said on Wednesday. FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski…

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