Back in February, the BiPartisan Policy Center hosted a mock cyber wargame called “Cyber ShockWave,” which examined how the U.S. would respond to a cyber attack. Former DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff served as the head of the mock NSC during... (Continue reading)
As a reaction to increasing phishing attacks against Twitter users, Twitter is tightening security. Released, all direct messages submitted to Twitter will be viewed through a new URL, twt.tl. This new coding will not effect the user interface, but provide... (Continue reading)
The Government Accountability Office has released a study of the Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative established by President Bush in 2008. Last week, a declassified version of the CNCI was released with the new administration’s changes and adaptations. GAO issued the... (Continue reading)
Recently, two major botnets have been brought down through legal channels and arrests. Microsoft used a court order to take out one botnet and Spanish authorities arrested the administrators of the Mariposa botnet. Despite these recent successes, some security researchers... (Continue reading)
According to a Symantec report titled ‘On the State of Enterprise Security,’ companies in India are more concerned about cyber attacks against their IT infrastructure than they are about threats from terrorism and natural disasters. In January, Indian companies lost... (Continue reading)
At this years RSA Conference held last week in San Francisco, Cloud Computing was the main topic of conversation. In issues ranging from the role of government in securing the Internet to the concern of cyber warfare, the cloud was in... (Continue reading)
Within the European Union and NATO, security professionals have been circulating dire warnings to colleagues regarding the growing cyber espionage threat from China. In recent months, the Chinese have appeared to more aggressively target NATO, EU and U.S. networks in... (Continue reading)
Within the past year, the United States has witnessed an explosion of advanced degree offerings for cybersecurity. Instead of working towards a degree in information assurance, students may now choose to major in cybersecurity or attain a graduate degree in... (Continue reading)
In the growing battle against cyber crime, the FBI is seeking to broaden its reach by embedding cyber investigators in foreign countries. Currently, the FBI has embedded investigators with law enforcement agencies in the Ukraine, the Netherlands and Estonia, according... (Continue reading)
The threat from terrorists using cyberspace as another attack vector is growing, according to FBI Director Robert Mueller. “The FBI, with our partners in the intelligence community, believe the cyber terrorism threat is real, and it is... (Continue reading)