Nothing virtual about cyber attacks

There's nothing virtual about cyber attacks
CNN
The Department of Homeland Security operates programs that include the National Cyber Alert System, the National Cyber Response Coordination Group and a security exercise known as CyberStorm. ... who heads the National Security Agency and also the ...

Google Warning of More State-Sponsored Cyber-Attacks
eWeek
The warnings, which Google security officials began sending out Oct. 2, are coming after Google security officials gleaned new information about cyber-attacks and their perpetrators, according to a report in the New York Times. In an interview with the ...

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Guard focusing on cyber security
Bellingham Herald
These high-tech citizen soldiers serve in units such as the 262nd Network Warfare Squadron, which carries out worldwide cyber-security missions from a nondescript brick building on Joint Base Lewis-McChord. They're tasked with protecting Pentagon ...

Protect Your Family with these Cyber Security Tips
Greenfield West Allis Now (blog)
That is the reason Governor Walker declared October to be Cyber Security Awareness Month. Throughout the month, the Department of Agriculture, ... Even the most prudent user can fall victim to a cyber-attack. If you have the latest updates it may ward ...

Otaki firm's global fight against cyber-crime
Stuff.co.nz
Starting as a one-man-band in Otaki Gorge, cyber-crime specialist Andy Prow's software security business has expanded around the world in the fight against cybercriminals, hackers and disgruntled IT workers. Armed with a science degree in computer ...

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Dh1b lost to cyber criminals in UAE
Khaleej Times
“This mirrors what we saw in this year's Symantec Internet Security Threat Report which reported nearly twice the mobile vulnerabilities in 2011from the year before.” The report also reveals that most Internet users take the basic steps to protect ...

WA National Guard focuses on cyber attacks
Longview Daily News
The News Tribune ( http://is.gd/gg0x7a) reports the guard is leveraging a decade of investment incyber security at Camp Murray in Lakewood for its new assignment. Lt. Gent Welsh says they want to bring to the digital word the kind of disaster response ...

Iranian intranet in cyber attack
Al-Bawaba
Iran's claim that its domestic Internet system suffered a slowdown from a heavy cyber attack is possible, but knowing for sure would require a lot more details, experts say. Mehdi Akhaven Behabadi, secretary of Iran's High Council of Cyberspace, told ...

Technology in Schools: Coweta implementing plan that explains risks, benefits
Newnan Times-Herald
Coordinating with national Cyber Security Awareness Month in October, Technology Services Director Phil Kline and Central Office Educational Support Specialist LeeAnne Brown are leading an effort within Coweta schools to educate teachers, students, ...

Newnan Times-Herald

AFA scores first in undergraduate cyber competition
By Amy Gillentine
The U.S. Air Force Academy's cyber competition team placed first in 331 undergraduate teams from the United States and Canada in the New York Polytechnic Cyber Security Awareness Week “Capture the Flag” competition held last month.
Colorado Springs Business Journal

ISC Diary | Cyber Security Awareness Month - Day 6 - NERC: The ...
Cyber Security Awareness Month - Day 6 - NERC: The standard that enforces security on power SCADA, Author: Manuel Humberto Santander Pelaez.
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CA Technologies Cyber Security Solutions Featured in NIST Cyber ...
Protecting and verifying identities is fundamental to cyber security. By working together, the public and private sectors can help ensure confidence in the safety of ...
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Cyber-attackers to target US banks
MyBroadband
Mor Ahuvia of the security firm RSA said in a blog post this week that a “cyber gang” has communicated plans to launch a Trojan attack spree involving “bots” or automated control of infected computers. “Planned for this fall, the blitzkrieg-like series ...

MyBroadband

Cyber attacks turn into a business model
Deutsche Welle
... Hof checks IT systems for security holes. According to the European Commission, every fifth company reported a cyber attack in 2010. ... Some have made a business from DDoS attacks, said Patrick Hof, an expert on Web security. His company, Redteam ...

Deutsche Welle

University sites hacked by cyber-activist group Team GhostShell
University of Pittsburgh The Pitt News
Pitt was one of 52 universities that GhostShell boasted having hacked in an Oct. 1 post on Pastebin.com in which the group presented their cyber attacks as a public criticism of modern education. The University said no confidential information was ...

EU's Virtual Cyberattackers Lack Real-World Hacker Chops
TechNewsWorld
The European Union has launched a massive multinational security exercise to simulate a distributed denial of service attack on online services in all participating countries. A total of 25 EU countries are actively participating in the exercise and ...

Cyber scam defrauds job seekers
Daily Nation
Kenyan job seekers are losing thousands of shillings to cyber criminals. Statistics on those conned are not readily available, but observers say ... They requested anonymity over security concerns. One of them is Elizabeth who learnt in July that ...

Daily Nation

Moran Calls Cyber 'Soft Underbelly' Of US Power At Security Center Debut
AOL Government
The new center will focus exclusively on advanced cybersecurity-related research and development, teaming L-3's cyber professionals with Virginia Tech's academic and research staff. Specifically, the center is expected to focus on four primary areas: ...

Prominent Cyber Espionage Outbreak Attacks Government Agencies, Services ...
SPAMfighter News
According to RSA the security company, which recently released a report, one major cyber espionage campaign compromised the computers belonging to almost 1,000 enterprises, non-profit organizations and government agencies via semi-personalized assaults ...

Hacker with a cause
Hindustan Times
The 27-year-old, a certified ethical hacker who works as a cyber security analyst, says hacking is his hobby and he advises organisations and people in. identifying and plugging loopholes in their cyber security. He is also the co-founder of The ...

Cybersecurity awareness descends on Washington
FCW.com
Throughout the week, high-level officials made appearances to talk cyber, including Gen. Keith Alexander, commander of U.S. Cyber Command and National Security Agency director, HomelandSecurity Secretary Janet Napolitano and several members of ...

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