Cyber Defense Strategy Includes Active Response

Robert Brese: Cyber Defense Strategy Includes Active Response
By Ross Wilkers
The Energy Department's new chief information officer recently said federal agencies should have a prevent-recover-respond mindset in responding to cyber attacks, AOL Government reports. Robert Brese said at the Government ... The response part of his proposed strategy would pose risks to those who attack federal networks, he said. Brese added there should be a ... basis since April. No related posts. Tagged with: Cyber Cyber Security DOE Energy Department robert brese ...
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MI5 chief talks threats before Olympics
CBS News
LONDON — Britain has seen a credible terrorist attack plot about once a year ... And the threat ofcyber security has recently become more prominent, he said.

$1.6b cyber attack tip of iceberg, says top official
New Zealand Herald
The director general said the Security Service was involved in the investigation of "cyber-compromises in over a dozen companies and is working with many ...

MI5 Chief warns of cybercrime threats: expert reaction
Computer Business Review
Jonathan Evans, the director general of the security service, said in a speech that the ... He says that it is likely terrorist will use cyber vulnerabilities to attack ... of attacks long before cyber-terrorism and cyber-warfare became hot political ...

Radware's Attack Mitigation System Protects Online Businesses ...
MarketWatch (press release)
To meet this growing cyber security concern, Radware® (NASDAQ:RDWR) , a leading ... Radware's AMS is a real-time network and application cyber attack ...

World faces an 'astonishing' level of cyber threats: spy chief
New York Daily News
The West faces an "astonishing" threat of cyberattack and cyber espionage, the ... but also the safety and security of our infrastructure, the intellectual property ...

New York Daily News

Cyber-Underground Takes Buffet Approach to Selling Bank Fraud ...
eWeek
Researchers at Trusteer say cyber-criminals are offering feature-based pricing ... for each attack," explained George Tubin, senior security strategist for Trusteer.

MI5 Warns of 'Astonishing' Cyber Attacks
eSecurity Planet
In a recent speech, Jonathan Evans described 'industrial-scale processes' backing bothcyber espionage and cyber crime. ... Internet security for IT pros ... a result of a hostile state cyber attack, not just through intellectual property loss but also ...

eSecurity Planet

Cyber attack costs UK firm £800m
Press TV
Cyber attack costs UK firm £800m ... The concerns of the director-general of theSecurity Service come as the British police intentionally blew up a tourist's car in ...

Press TV

Commerce IG to review recent cyber attack, security practices
Federal Times (blog)
A Commerce Department agency's security program is under review, following a January cyber attack that crippled its networks. As part of an annual audit, the ...

UK security alert over cyber attacks
Irish Independent
An astonishing level of cyber attacks from enemy states and criminals is ... that one major London business suffered £800m (€1bn) in losses following an attack. Mr Evans also warned of the growing threat of cyber warfare during a lecture in ...

MI5 boss: “astonishing” amount of cyber attacks
CSO Magazine
Cyber security stood alongside terrorism and 'hostile intelligence as a primary ... that MI5 worked with, following such an attack, suffered £800m in losses.

FBI Busts Massive International Carding Ring
InformationWeek
"The allegations unsealed today chronicle a breathtaking spectrum of cyber schemes and ... The complaints read as a primer to carding practices, including attack ... address, social securitynumber, birth date, mother's maiden name, and bank ...

Budget pressures, workforce woes and cyber threats converge
FCW.com
A shortage of skilled IT pros comes at a time when cybersecurity must ... Everyone needs to have the proper security staff to minimize the damage when it does ... Your Cyber Warfare Posture:The Shift towards Integrated Response Capabilities ...

The urgency of a computer virus nonproliferation treaty
The Guardian (blog)
"In the long run, it will prove a threat to all of our security." In late 2009, a ... Most, like wifi networks a few years ago, were easily proven to be vulnerable to attack. ... There are proposals to attempt to prevent governments from this indulging ...

The Guardian (blog)

Manmohan Singh to chair meet on security of government sensitive ...
Economic Times
Manmohan Singh to chair meet on security of government sensitive cyber ... of constant and undeclared cyber threat, attack, counter-attack and defence," Menon ...

PM to chair meet on security of govt sensitive cyber domains
IBNLive.com
... online networks facing threats from hackers, security of sensitive cyber domains will be ... The National Security Council (NSC) meeting is expected. ... new world of constant and undeclaredcyber threat, attack, counter-attack and defence," ...

Britain Highly Vulnerable To Cyber Attacks; Olympics Attractive ...
International Business Times
Britain Highly Vulnerable To Cyber Attacks; Olympics Attractive Target For ...inaugural Lord Mayor's Annual Defence and Security Lecture in London on Monday ...

International Business Times

MI-5 chief warns of "astonishing," industrial-scale state-sponsored ...
ITworld.com
June 26, 2012, 4:32 PM — Anyone paying any attention to digital security at all ... but trivial early experiments into the potential for cyberespionage and warfare, ... assembled for a specific attack, as many organized criminal gangs operate ...

Number of cyber attacks is 'astonishing,' says UK security service chief
Digitaltrends.com
According to the MI5 boss, the attack cost the firm a whopping £800 million ($1.2 ...Recently, the so-called Flame malware hit the headlines, with cyber security ...

Digitaltrends.com

Future threats to the UK
Continuity Central (press release)
Our assessment is that Britain has experienced a credible terrorist attack plot ... “The front line incyber security is as much in business as it is in government.

New Cyber Fraud Targets Corporate Bank Accounts
CIO India
Latest news on : Two security firms have revealed in a report that hackers have ... The cyberattackers have attempted at least $78 million in fraudulent transfers from ... Three distinct highly-sophisticated attack strategies have emerged as the ...

Bank cyber attack under formal investigation
DutchNews.nl
Bank cyber attack under formal investigation ... An investigation published by internet security specialist McAfee and Guardian Analytics showed on Tuesday that ...

US in Iran Cyber War
CASMII
“You can't help but describe it as an attack on critical infrastructure,” Michael ... “Somebody has crossed the Rubicon,” he said, likening the cyber sabotage ... They hope to hone the military's ability to use cyber-warfare to “dominate the ... a ...

CBMs in Cyber space: What should be India's Approach?
Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses
The use of cyber space for crime, terrorism and warfare has brought to sharp ... They make a crucial distinction between information security and cyber security. ... as a first step towards a code of conduct or eventual cybersecurity convention.

Becrypt - Providing Cyber Security Solutions Worldwide
Banking Business Review
Becrypt's encryption and cyber security solutions are available on the widest ... Becrypt's innovative approach to cybersecurity products to protect data in all ...

Cyber criminals may have siphoned off 2 bn euros from 60 banks
IBNLive.com
Cyber criminals may have attempted to siphon off anywhere between 60 million euros and 2 billion euros in fraudulent transfers from at least 60 banks globally, ...

IBNLive.com

America needs devastating weapons and a strong defense for the ...
Bradenton Herald
A determined band of hackers anywhere in the world could mount an attack. ... Kemp, a globalsecurity specialist at Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School for Public ... For states that have little to lose on the cyber front, an offensive approach may ...

Cybersecurity Summer Camp Begins // 1:06 PM ET
Nextgov
This week marks the kick-off of a summer of weeklong camps designed to cultivate the next generation of cybersecurity professionals. The U.S. Cyber Challenge ...

Cyber Attacks on U.S. Critical Infrastructure will ... - Tofino Security
By Heather MacKenzie
I am going to outline here some of the remarkable points it makes that pertain to cyber warfare, and more importantly to industrial cyber security. The book describes two cyber attack simulations that the U.S. government has conducted.
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Malware hunter Kaspersky warns of cyber war dangers |gamefbi
By gamefbi
The Russian malware hunter whose firm discovered the Flame virus said Wednesday there could be plenty more malicious code out there, and warned he feared a disastrous cyber attack could be coming. View the original article here ...
gamefbi

BREAKING NEWS: Huge Worldwide Cyber Bank Raid Ongoing ...
By MRH
UK's Sky News has just reported that a huge worldwide cyber bank raid is ongoing- €60 million have been confirmed stolen through 1 server, and a total of €2 billion is estimated to have been stolen through an additional 59 servers! Sky News is reporting ... These types of attacks could be legitimate criminal activity, but they could also be a false-flag attack by internal sources that will eventually be justification of an internet takeover under the guise of national security. And if you think ...
SGTreport - The Corporate Propaganda...

Cyber arms race could change the world around us (Comment) | We ...
By WSN Staff
Whereas before it was unclear what the endless 'army cyber commands' and other sinecures were up to, the last two or three years have seen the appearance of very unpleasant evidence of serious work potentially capable of changing the image of the world as we know it. - We've seen nothing like this before: ... The worm was unique in every respect – it simultaneously used four earlier unknown Windows bugs and two genuine security certificates. At the same time, Stuxnet carried ...
We Speak News

$80 Million Cyber Attack “Operation High Roller” Targets US ...
By kwright
The best way to ensure you are cyber secure is to implement an information security management system aligned with the world's cyber security standard ISO27001. ... Your focus need to be on protecting your business from cyber attack.
IT Governance Blog on IT governance,...

Fraud Ring In Hacking Attack On 60 Banks – thanks to D. | 2012 ...
By Jean
Sixty million euro has been stolen from bank accounts in a massive cyber bank raid after fraudsters raided dozens of financial institutions around the world. According to a joint report by softwaresecurity firm McAfee and Guardian Analytics, ...
2012: What's the 'real' truth?

Cloud Coverage: Malware as a Service | isssource.com
By gHale
There is a new service that offers cyber attack tools and hosting as part of malware as a service. These new tools offer a way to craft malicious campaigns,
isssource.com

Welcome to the Age of Weaponized Malware | Optimal Security: The ...
By Richard Stiennon
The weaponization of software has moved us into a new age of cyber attacks. Weaponized ... [Case in point: Google now notifies Gmail users when their accounts come under attack from an IP address that doesn't match up.] And while our ...
Optimal Security

Trend Micro Suggested for Silently Robbing Victim's Bank Account ...
"What we have observed in last three months is more updated and the automation of bypassing two-factor authentication and achieving a man-in-the-browser attack," said by Tom Keller man, vice president of cyber security for trend micro, ...
SPAMfighter News

Qaeda threatens Arab Spring nations – British jihadis training in ...
By Kuwait Times
LONDON: Al-Qaeda militants are using the countries which toppled their leaders in the Arab Spring as bases to train radical Western youths for potential attacks on Britain, the chief of the MI5 SecurityService said. In his first public ... “No doubt some terrorist networks have thought about whether they could pull off an attack.” But Evans ... He cited the case of an unnamed London-listed company which lost 800 million pounds ($1.24 billion) as the result of a state cyber attack. Russia or ...
Kuwait Times

Massive Cyber Attack In Progress In the USA, Europe, Latin America:
Leading cyber security firm McAfee has issued a startling breaking news report that indicates the U.S., European and Latin American financial systems are under ...
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Anonymous Launches Cyber Attack on Japanese Government ...
Anonymous apparently achieved a security breach of the Ministry of Finance's website. The ...
www.japanprobe.com/.../anonymous-launches-cyber-attack-o...

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