South Pacific Nation of Tonga Hosts Cybersecurity Workshop

Tongan capital Nuku’alofa is currently hosting a regional workshop to address regional and national demands to ramp up cybersecurity efforts.

The workshop will focus on the development of necessary policies and legislative frameworks to improve security and battle cyber crimes, according to Tonga news community Taimia Media.

“The growing threat of cyber crime and…

Malaysia Steps Up Cybersecurity Battle

The Malaysian specialist center for cybersecurity has lined up five projects under the 10th Malaysia Plan to fight the increasing cyber crime threat in the nation, according to Bernama.

Among the new projects CyberSecurity Malaysia has already realized includes Cyber999, a public service that provides emergency response to cybersecurity-related emergencies…

Video-game Phishing Scam Hits ‘Modern Warfare 2′ Players

US-CERT is warning consumers of reports that some users on the Xbox 360 video-game system are receiving potential phishing attempts through an in-game messaging service.

In-game message phishing is not a Microsoft issue and has nothing to do with Xbox LIVE, the agency said in a release. Games are products of third-party developers that can be played on Xbox LIVE and other gaming systems.

Microsoft posted a service alert…

New Dictionary Defines Cyber Concepts

If there is anything cyber experts, media and Congress all struggle with when discussing cyberspace, it is the definitions of key concepts in that realm. Now, a U.S.-Russian initiative is proposing common definitions to help establish standards and clear up some of the widespread  confusion.

The EastWest Institute and the Information Security Institute of…

Scammers Target Love-lorn Online Daters

IC3, the FBI’s cyber crime center, is warning the public to be cautious of romance scams in which scammers target individuals looking for love or friendship online.

Scammers prowl chat rooms, dating sites and social networking sites looking for victims, who typically are 40 years old and divorced, widowed, elderly or disabled.

To reel in victims, scammers use poetry, flowers and other gifts, all while declaring their “undying love,”

Sotera to Participate in 2011 DoD Conference

Sotera will participate in the 2011 DoD Intelligence Information System’s Worldwide Conference. The company will send its representatives to discuss IT and cybersecurity capabilities, information sharing, cyber-intelligence , data fusion, watchlisting, mission assurance and intelligence analysis.

More than 3,000 participants will attend the conference including 400…

Report: Rhetoric of ‘Cyber Doom’ Lacks Evidence of Real Threat

The federal government is exaggerating the threat of a cyber war in a manner reminiscent of the run-up to the Iraq War, with the emergence of a cyber-industrial complex much like the military-industrial complex of the Cold War, according to a new report from the Mercatus Center at George Mason University.

Over the past two years, the increased federal involvement…

Cyveillance, Wombat Security Technologies Team to Educate on Phishing

Cyveillance is teaming up with Wombat Security Technologies to educate organizations on phishing scams and provide training on ways of protection against them.

An email campaign will test employees through phishing scams they could fall for. Wombat will use PhishGuru, an online tool to asses and train employees through simulated phishing emails. If…

Class-action Suit Filed over Sony PlayStation Breach

The first class-action lawsuit has been filed over the breach of personal and possibly credit card data from Sony’s PlayStation Network, according to the law firm representing the victims.

California-based Rothken Law Firm announced yesterday it has brought a class-action lawsuit against Sony PlayStation Network for its alleged failure to have adequate cybersecurity in place to protect…

Botnet Bust Slashes Size of Coreflood

The Justice Department has filed a preliminary injunction against the operators of the Coreflood botnet– a network of hundreds of thousands of computers infected with malware.

In addition to banning the defendants from using Coreflood to commit fraud and to illegally intercept electronic communications, the injunction authorizes the U.S. Marshals Service and FBI to use a substitute server to stop Coreflood from running on…