Hackers stole classified information from two Canadian ministries

Hackers stole classified information from two Canadian ministries The hackers sent e-mails to staff that seemed to come from senior managers, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported. When recipients opened the attachments, the hackers got a path into the federal network. Stockwell Day, then the...

Hackers stole classified information from two Canadian ministries

Hackers stole classified information from two Canadian ministries The hackers sent e-mails to staff that seemed to come from senior managers, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported. When recipients opened the attachments, the hackers got a path into the federal network. Stockwell Day, then the...

Iran to recruit hacker warriors for its Cyber Army !

Iran is planning to recruit hackers to combat enemies after suffering last year's coordinated and sophisticated cyberattacks that reportedly crippled its Natanz nuclear enrichment facility. Fox News quoted Brigadier General Gholamreza Jalali, who leads Iran's Passive Defence Organization, as sayi...

HBGary Federal's Aaron Barr Resigns After being Exposed by Anonymous Hackers !

HBGary Federal's Aaron Barr Resigns After being Exposed by Anonymous Hackers ! Aaron Barr's time in the security industry's spotlight may have finally, mercifully ended. On Monday, the much-tormented chief executive of HBGary Federal announced that he has resigned from his position, three weeks...

China hackers attack Canadian Government Computer Systems !

Foreign hackers successfully penetrated the computer systems of the Canadian federal government. Last month was the first sign that the system had been compromised. The attacks, said to have come from China, hit both the Finance Department and the Treasury Board. Although no statements have been...

Hackers Plan Christmas Data Attacks via Social Media Apps

Hackers are planning to increase data security attacks via applications on social networking websites this Christmas, according to an expert. Earlier this month, IT security firm Sophos traced the history of malware and viruses created over the Christmas period from 1987 until 2009. The blog post...

Recent WikiLeaks-Related Cyberattacks Prompt Call for Policy Changes

In New York on Sunday, lawmakers urged President Obama to expand the U.S. State Department’s foreign policy mechanisms to address crime and security on the Internet. They cited recent attacks on companies severing ties with WikiLeaks as a main reason for these changes. At Symantec's New York City...

Understanding the Dangers of Stuxnet in Industrial Control Systems

Stuxnet is a sophisticated virus specifically designed to attack supervisory control and data acquisition SCADA systems manufactured by Siemens, a German industrial giant. These systems are commonly used to manage water supplies, power plants, and other industrial facilities, making the worm...

Stuxnet Virus Could Threaten U.S. Infrastructure, Warns DHS Official

The computer virus Stuxnet, which some experts believe was created specifically to target Iran's nuclear facilities, could also threaten U.S. infrastructure, according to a senior Department of Homeland Security official. "That virus focused on specific software implementations, and those softwar...

The Big Oil APT and Botnet Business

The recent Google Advanced Persistent Threat APT dialogue has been hogging the press for a week now, and each day reveals new and often conflicting insight. As I mentioned on Thursdays blog – “Preemptive Protection” Isn’t – If You’re Battling APT’s – this particular attack doesn’t represent some...

Survey of Executives Finds a Growing Fear of Cyberattacks

A survey of 600 computing and computer-security executives in 14 countries suggests that attacks on the Internet pose a growing threat to the energy and communication systems that underlie modern society. Read the full article New York Times...

NSA to Senate: '3 Steps Should Thwart 80% of Attacks'

Computer systems with proper security and network controls should be able to withstand about 80 percent of known cyberattacks, according to a senior National Security Agency official. Richard Schaeffer Jr., the NSA’s information assurance director, told the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Terrorism...

Security Pros Are Focused on the Wrong Threats

From The New York Times Riva Richmond Corporate information technology departments are prioritizing the wrong threats to their computer systems, focusing on old problems and leaving their companies open to a raft of new cyberattacks targeting sensitive customer and corporate information. That is...

DDoS Attacks Cripple U.S. and Korean Sites

From The New York Times Choe Sang-Hun Cyberattacks that have crippled the Web sites of several major American and South Korean government agencies since the July 4th holiday weekend appear to have been launched by a hostile group or government, South Korea’s main government spy agency said on...

Defense Industrial Base information-sharing program a good start

The recent flood of stories on attacks against the electrical grid, various government agencies and other portions of the critical infrastructure has renewed the calls for improvements in federal cybersecurity and, especially, information sharing between the government and the private sector on...