Once there was a Privacy! Cyber Security bill #CISPA passed

The United States House of Representatives on Thursday voted to approve the highly controversial cyber security bill CISPA, which stands for the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act. The Bill called the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act CISPA was presented under the guise...

Massive cyber attack on South Korean banks and TV broadcasters

Computer networks at major South Korean banks and top TV broadcasters crashed simultaneously Wednesday, during a Massive cyber attack. South Korean police investigating reports from several major broadcasters and banks. least three broadcasters KBS, MBC and YTN and the Shinhan and Nonghyu banks...

Cyber 9/11, cyber doomsday...between fear and need for action

It’s not a mystery, every nation is worried of the level of security of its infrastructure, the United States are among the most concerned governments due the high number of cyber-attack against its networks. US Government representative such us former States Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and...

Chinese hackers infiltrate Indian Defence Research Organisation

According to an exclusive report published today by DNA news, the computers of highly sensitive Defence Research and Development Organisation DRDO have reportedly been hacked by Chinese hackers as biggest security breach in the Indian Defence ever. Infiltrate leading to the leak of thousands of t...

Cyber security scenario according to WebSense

It's time of stocktaking, principal security firm are proposing their analysis to synthesize actual situation on cyber security, 2012 is widely considered a year when the malware has increased significantly thanks to the contributions of various actors that we will analyze shortly. WebSense has...

Reserve Bank of Australia Hacked by Chinese malware

If hackers want to get into your computer network, they will find a way. You can make it harder but you can't stop them. According to Australian Financial Review report on Monday, the Reserve Bank of Australia RBA was hacked by hackers who infiltrated its networks and allegedly stole information...

White House Executive Order on Cyber Security

The tense standoff between an unresponsive Congress and a reluctant critical infrastructure industry has been broken. On February 13, 2013, the President issued an Executive Order that provides initial guidance for the country to confront escalating cyber threats. Finally, we have someone with th...

Former military adviser urged Obama to pardon Gary McKinnon

John Arquilla, a professor at the U.S. Naval Academy and former military adviser has urged President Barack Obama to pardon the British computer hacker Gary McKinnon and to recruit master hackers to US Cyber Command. Gary McKinnon faced extradition for hacking into Pentagon and Nasa systems, and...

Former military adviser urged Obama to pardon Gary McKinnon

John Arquilla, a professor at the U.S. Naval Academy and former military adviser has urged President Barack Obama to pardon the British computer hacker Gary McKinnon and to recruit master hackers to US Cyber Command. Gary McKinnon faced extradition for hacking into Pentagon and Nasa systems, and...

How the RSA Attackers Swung and Missed at Lockheed Martin

SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO–The attack that resulted in the compromise of RSA’s SecurID database in 2011 had a lot of ramifications and sent shockwaves through much of the security industry. But it could have had much broader consequences had the security team at Lockheed Martin not discovered the same...

Kaspersky Cyber-Security Summit 2013

Kaspersky Lab convened a number of information security experts in New York City this week to discuss the effects of cyberespionage and targeted attacks on corporate America...

I hack, reflection on the role of hacker

The role of hacker is recognized as crucial today in cyber security, these specialists are the nightmare of security experts but their knowledge is fundamental to understand the vulnerabilities of our infrastructures … think like a hacker if you want really protect your system. But hacking is a...

I hack, reflection on the role of hacker

The role of hacker is recognized as crucial today in cyber security, these specialists are the nightmare of security experts but their knowledge is fundamental to understand the vulnerabilities of our infrastructures … think like a hacker if you want really protect your system. But hacking is a...

Trimble® Infrastructure GNSS Series Receivers Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Trimble® Infrastructure GNSS Series Receivers Cross Site Scripting XSS vulnerability: - CVE: CVE-2012-5053 - Deloitte Argentina Advisory Code: DTTAR-20130001 - Vendor Status: CONFIRMED - Public Disclosure Date: January, 15th, 2013. - Vendors Affected: Trimble - http://www.trimble.com/ - Systems...

The use of passwords in a technological evolution

Every day we read about an incredible number of successful attacks and data breaches that exploited leak of authentication mechanisms practically in every sector. Often also critical control system are exposed on line protected only by a weak password, in many cases the default one of factory...

Israel preparing Cyber Iron Dome Shield

Israel's Prime Minister officially opened a new national program to train teenagers in the art of cyberwarfare. The program named "Magshimim Le'umit", is to prepare them for their future role in the military and intelligence community. Israel Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said the country's...

Governments are not standing to the side anymore

We have seen for the past couple years the cyber wasteland become something that is not dominated by young ambitious hackers anymore. The age of the Wild West is over and the big boys want a piece of the action. With so many infrastructures connected to the web these days it is only natural for...

Governments are not standing to the side anymore

We have seen for the past couple years the cyber wasteland become something that is not dominated by young ambitious hackers anymore. The age of the Wild West is over and the big boys want a piece of the action. With so many infrastructures connected to the web these days it is only natural for...

Hacker ruined Australian military security in 3 Minutes

Some 22,300 purported student and staff records held by the Australian Defence Force Academy were stolen and published online last month. A member of the Anonymous group, known as Darwinaire, is claiming responsibility for the theft. The systems were compromised in November, with UNSW notifying...

Review : Hacking S3crets - beginners guide to practical hacking

Most of People are curious to become Hackers, but they do not know where to start, If you are in the same situation, then "Hacking S3crets" Book will guide you through the basic and advanced steps of Hacking and will help you develop The Hacker Attitude. Author Sai Satish, and Co-Author K...