Key senator calls for special counsel for leaks probe

Key senator calls for special counsel for leaks probe
Reuters
Senator Joseph Lieberman, chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and ... included reports on U.S. cyber warfare against Iran, procedures for targeting militants ... "In the case of the cyber attack on Iran ... this is the first confirmation of that.

How America wages cyber war in the shadows
MyBroadband
Drone aircraft spy on and attack terrorists with no pilot in harm's way. ... The high-tech warfare allows Obama to target what the administration sees as the greatest threats to U.S. security, .... Tags: Active, America, cyber-war, cybercrime, warfare ...

MyBroadband

Hacked companies fight back with controversial steps
Moneycontrol.com
MEDIA-TECH-SUMMIT-CYBER-STRIKEBACK:Hacked companies fight back with ...Known in the cybersecurity industry as "active defense" or "strike-back" ...Security experts say they even know of some cases where companies have taken...

Moneycontrol.com

Trojan wars heat up
Hindu Business Line
Cyber crime continues to show no signs of slowing down. ... the underground is loaded with tools to allow any “newbie” cybercriminal to launch an attack. ... Cybercriminals are in a perpetual arms race against security professionals and the ...

Obama adviser: GOP using leaks as 'distraction' from important issues
The Hill (blog)
Earlier this month, leaks detailing a U.S. cyber attack against Iran's nuclear program ... The reports sparked congressional anger over the national security leaks.

Drones give democracies no reason to wage war
gulfnews.com
Drones and cyber warfare, the latest revolution in military technology, will force us ... Our cybersystems are now under constant attack and it is in responding to ...

What is America's cyberwar policy?
Washington Post
Stuxnet demonstrated that these weapons can be deployed to attack, although ... Secrecy in military and intelligence matters, including cyber, is vital to protect ...

Wealthy internet boss harassed by internet troll in terrifying three ...
Daily Mail
A wealthy internet entrepreneur who suffered a terrifying three-year cyber-stalkingattack – forcing him to flee his home for three months – has finally won a High ...

Daily Mail

How to protect free speech online
GigaOM
... hour, but free speech on the Internet continues to come under attack. ... under a different name), the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), the ...

Obama challenged to face full interrogation in security leaks case
DEBKA file
Obama challenged to face full interrogation in security leaks case. ... that the leaks were severe enough "to potentially trigger a counter-cyber attack by Iran.

Kratos Integral Systems Europe Selected by AsiaSat to Enhance Its ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:KTOS) is a specialized National ...unmanned systems, cyber warfare, cybersecurity, information assurance, ...

Flaw Found in XML Core Services By Google Leads to Targeted ...
DecryptedTech
According to Microsoft Security Advisory 2719615 there is a flaw in their XML ...Stuxnet and Duqu bring the specter of state-sponsored cyber-attacks into ... a coordinated attack on the paid Gmail + Google Docs servers that Google is running.

DecryptedTech

Iran expects right to enrichment to be recognized in Moscow: Jalili
Tehran Times
Q: Iranian nuclear facilities have recently been targeted by yet another cyber attack. How serious is this threat and is the sophistication of such attacks growing?

Drones, computers new weapons of US shadow wars
Inquirer.net (blog)
The high-tech warfare allows Obama to target what the administration sees as the greatest threats to U.S. security, without the cost and liabilities of sending a ...

Cyberwar for me but not for thee - Rational Review News Digest ...
By Thomas L. Knapp
At least part of that worry stems from China's cyber capabilities, and we would deem a cyber attack from China an act of war. Yet the United States has been engaged in cyber attacks against Iran, but somehow these should not be construed as ...
Rational Review News Digest

DHS demos cyber attack to help sway lawmakers to pass a cyber bill ...
The Homeland Security Department showed lawmakers and staff how easy it is to create a spear phishing attack against a federal employee using free, ...
www.federalnewsradio.com/?nid=473&sid=2903447

Incheon Airport Cyberattack Rescued from Cyber Attack - SPAMfighter
A conspiracy towards the disruption of 'Incheon International Airport' of South Korea was caught red handed by South Korean Officials at the nick of time.
www.spamfighter.com/News-17768-Incheon-Airport-Cyberatt...

US Senators Draft Proposed a Cybersecurity Bill ... - SANS NewsBites
national cybersecurity benchmark in the United Kingdom and have gained ... Have you heard of Flame - the latest high-profile cyber-attack - and are you ...
www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/newsbites.php?vol...

Daniel Gaynor: Cybersecurity next national security challenge ...
Truman Digital Strategist Daniel Gaynor in the San Fransisco Chronicle: An unknown group of criminals had attacked the computer networks of gas pipeline ...
trumanproject.org/.../daniel-gaynor-cybersecurity-next-nation...

South Korean paper hit by major cyber attack - Topix
South Korean paper hit by major cyber attack. Full story: Maktoob Business. This file photo shows a reproduction of a page of South Korean newspaper ...
www.topix.com/forum/world/south.../TDB1DGVTDLNR97AI...

Behind US & Israel's cyber warfare on Iran
Workers World
Reports from anonymous U.S. officials claim this attack has disabled 984 centrifuges in Iran's ... subways or pipelines, although up to now it is mainly the U.S. that is using cyber warfare. ... These controllers had absolutely no security in place.

Workers World

Iran devising strategic plan to enhance cyber defense: Official
Press TV
On April 23, the Iranian Oil Ministry spokesman Ali Reza Nikzad said a cyber attacktargeting the country's Oil Ministry and the National Iranian Oil Company had ...

Press TV

Official: Iranian oil ministry's operating section safe from cyber attack
Trend.az
The recent cyber attack against Iran's Oil Ministry has not interrupted the operations, director general of security affairs at the ministry Mohammad-Hossein...

Trend.az

Cyber war: Will it come back to haunt us?
Examiner.com
... or from cyber-terrorists. The attack could just be an attempt to spy on military plans ormalware attacks used like nuclear weapons. ... What is the long-term effect of cyber warfare? Do we know ... Cyber Security Video Series available on-line ...

Chubb commercial insurance for cyber liability endorsed by ...
Live Insurance News
This product includes many other forms of coverage, such as those for cyberbreach ... the Chubb professional liability or CyberSecurity policy as the main commercial ... That security services suite helps to reduce the number of commercial ...

Live Insurance News

Agencies, vendors ramping up to fight supply chain cyber threats
FederalNewsRadio.com
"One of the key things to remember here is that cyber supply chain risk .... Trey Hodgkins, senior vice president for National Security and Procurement Policy at ... our arsenal in order to attackthis while not unduly burdening the private sector." ...

Research and Markets: The Global Cyber Warfare Market 2011 ...
Business Wire (press release)
Cyber warfare attacks are becoming increasingly popular and these attacks can and have caused ... 2.1.2 Machine Learning technology to be the new platform for future cyber securitymeasures ... 2.2.2 Finding attack patterns in cyber crimes ...

Iran is formulating strategic cyber defense plan: official
Trend.az
Iran detects second cyber attack (UPDATE) ... "The important point is that we develop mechanisms for cyber defense in a way that we will be able to defend the...

Trend.az

Future Planet- War of the Worlds
The International News Magazine
In terms of today's cyber advances the storyline now seems rather naïve, but its ... to the wider Internet allowing cyber security agencies to disembowel its modus operandi. ... One of its best tricks was to initiate a so-called Collision attack on the ...

U.S. Business at Higher Security Risk Due to Stuxnet Revelations
Midsize Insider
It is now obvious that the U.S. has tremendous capabilities, experience and success in cyber warfare. Security experts had long suggested that the U.S. and ...

Nuclear regulator warns about cybersecurity lapses at California ...
Infosecurity Magazine
... utility because of cybersecurity lapses found in a May security audit of its San ... the securityof the US nuclear stockpile, recently conducted a vigorous cyber ...

Mercury News editorial: Ethics of secret cyberattack on Iran needs ...
San Jose Mercury News
The cyber attacks on Iran, coupled with the use of drone technology to assassinate ... who told ABC News only three weeks ago that a major cyber attack on U.S. electrical or other ... for this rapidly emerging field of technological warfare.

Last Word: Schmidt on Being the Non-Czar
GovInfoSecurity.com (blog)
Howard Schmidt takes exception with aspects of the blog "The CybersecurityCzar Who ... hierarchy and relationship with agencies' chief information securityofficers. ... "It's kind of unique situation because on the cyber coordinator, the chain of ...

GovInfoSecurity.com (blog)

Kuwait said free of 'Flame' virus
Arab Times Kuwait English Daily
Though Iran is our neighbor geographically, in the cyber world proximity is not ... (cyber) warning we have ever put out,” said Marco Obiso, cyber security ... that a new era of cyber warfare has begun following the 2010 Stuxnet virus attack that ...

'Flame' virus fight began with oil attack: Tehran
Arab Times Kuwait English Daily
Israel, a world leader in computer security, has never confirmed or denied any ... On the cyberfront, Iran says it has sharply boosted its defenses by creating ...

What Have We Learned: Flame Malware
Threatpost (blog)
The Flame malware is connected to the Stuxnet and Duqu attacks on Iran ... This shows that some serious attack teams are spending millions of dollars ... When the news about the Flamemalware first broke several weeks ago, people from all parts of the ...

Alleged hacker Ryan Cleary to be tried in UK not US
Telegraph.co.uk
He was charged last year with a string of cyber attacks on UK – based websites ... including anattack on the website of the Serious Organised Crime Agency.

Secret drone wars not part of leak probes: sources
KGMI
The U.S. National Security Agency and its cyber-warfare affiliate, the U.S. CyberCommand, have headquarters at Fort Meade, a military installation in Maryland ...

KGMI

British hacking suspect indicted on US crimes
Business Recorder (blog)
A suspected LulzSec hacker group ally arrested in Britain faces charges that he took part incyber attacks on companies in the United States, court do.

White House: Military is fighting terrorism in Somalia and Yemen
CNN (blog)
CNN Security Clearance ... revealed the administration's decision-making process in targeting terrorists for missile strikes, a U.S. cyber attack against an Iranian ...

Brazil Guarantees Security to Participants in Rio+20
Prensa Latina
The security apparatus, on an investment of 64.5 million USD, will also be on alert in case ofcyber-attack or terrorist action, though no concrete threat has been ...

Pentagon hacked by Wikiboat
RT
#TwitterPedoRing: Anonymous launches attack on child predators. David's Twitter profile is ... The logo of the National Security Agency (AFP Photo / Paul J. Richards) 23.05, 01:31 3 comments · Schools become cyber-ops centers for the NSA ...

RT

NSA chief endorses the cloud for classified military cyber program ...
By admin
The cloud will be a logical place for sharing classified intelligence on cyber threats with critical industries as the Defense Department presses ahead on an attack-prevention program it recently opened to all defense contractors, former military officials say, ... Alexander, who runs the Pentagon's National Security Agency, which produces the intelligence disseminated through the program, has repeatedly told lawmakers that the military's 15000 networks eventually will move to the cloud .
The Meyerrose Group

Hackers have real opportunity to disrupt power ... - The Daily Attack
By RJ
According to FuelFix, regulators have been pressing lawmakers to beef up cyber security for years, saying the risks could have devastating consequences. Some of the warnings have even led utilities to opt out of using internet-based systems.
The Daily Attack

NSA chief endorses the cloud for classified military cyber program ...
When the Pentagon started the defense industrial base cybersecurity pilot program last summer with select suppliers, many defense and some nondefense ...
www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2012/06/nsa.../56257/

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