Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID17943: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on September 13, 2015

Medium Alert ID: 40985 First Published: 2015 September 14 13:53 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID17943 and RuleID17943KVR may contain the...

Obama will control internet, signs Emergency Internet Control

Barack Obama has signed an executive order that could hand control of the internet to the U.S. Government, in the event of a natural disaster or terrorist attack. "The federal government must have the ability to communicate at all times and under all circumstances to carry out its most critical a...

DHS Names Weatherford as Deputy Under Secretary for Cybersecurity

Department of Homeland Security DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano appointed Mark Weatherford today as the National Protection and Programs Directorate’s NPPD new Deputy Under Secretary for Cybersecurity, according to a press release on the DHS’ site. The role was created by the Directorate in...

Staying safe online: The need for cybersecurity

On the day that President Obama releases a cybersecurity policy review, hear from experts and officials in the field. This video features Janet Napolitano, Secretary of Homeland Security; William Pelgrin, Chief Cybersecurity Officer of New York; John Thompson, CEO of Symantec; Leslie Harris of th...