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ICANN Internationalized: Potential Security Problems
Written on 4 Nov, 2009 at 15:58 in Featured Stories | viewed 113 views times | 0 Comments
Late in October, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), approved the use of non-Latin characters in web domain addresses. This move was widely hailed throughout the world, but may have an unforeseen cost. The Information Systems Audit and... (Continue reading)
Second Cyber Security Firm Acquired by Alabama’s Camber Corporation In The Last Month
Written on 19 Oct, 2009 at 13:41 in Featured Stories | viewed 148 views times | 0 Comments
Sterling, Virginia-based cyber security firm Veritas Analytics has been acquired by the Camber Corporation, headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama. Terms of the agreement have yet to be released but the news comes just after Camber Corporation recently acquired the intelligence analysis firm i2S... (Continue reading)
Scam Compromises Email Accounts
Written on 7 Oct, 2009 at 11:38 in Featured Stories | viewed 318 views times | 1 Comment
The other day, Microsoft confirmed that a number of Hotmail account login information was compromised and posted online. It now appears that the breach is significantly wider, extending to Gmail, AOL, Yahoo, Earthlink and Comcast email accounts. Over 30,000 accounts have... (Continue reading)
10 Cyber Security Game Changers to Watch in 2010
Written on 29 Sep, 2009 at 14:12 in Featured Stories | viewed 951 views times | 4 Comments
The field of cyber security is becoming increasingly relevant to discussions on national security. President Barack Obama placed cyber security in the forefront of his national security policy. In his speech on May 29, 2009, President Obama stated “From now... (Continue reading)
Is the Federal Government Seizing the Internet?
Written on 2 Sep, 2009 at 17:19 in Cyber Incidents, Featured Stories | viewed 228 views times | 1 Comment
ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (the entity that distributes domain names and IP addresses), will be asked by Congress to submit to direct US government control. ICANN is currently administered as a Joint Powers Authority (JPA),... (Continue reading)
Greg Schaffer Assistant Secretary of DHS’ Office of Cybersecurity on Cyber “In-Fighting,” US-CERT and the Cyber Battleground
Written on 28 Aug, 2009 at 14:19 in Featured Stories | viewed 289 views times | 1 Comment
Greg Schaffer, assistant secretary of DHS’ Office of Cybersecurity and Communications, recently spoke to InformationWeek about US-CERT and the shifting terrain of cyber warfare. Schaffer suggests that much of the perceived “in-fighting” and cyber “turf wars,” often portrayed in media... (Continue reading)
Interview With CyberSecurity Expert And GhostNet Investigator, Professor Ron Deibert
Written on 26 Aug, 2009 at 22:58 in Cyber Incidents, Featured Stories | viewed 993 views times | 6 Comments
University of Toronto Professor and director of the GhostNet project, Ron Deibert, spoke with The New New Internet regarding U.S. cybersecurity and the increase militarization of cyberspace. Professor Deibert believes that the future of cyberspace rests in building a global and open... (Continue reading)
IBM: New Microprocessors Built by…DNA?
Written on 25 Aug, 2009 at 15:32 in Cyber Incidents, Featured Stories | viewed 145 views times | 1 Comment
IBM researchers, working with Paul W. K . Rothemund of Cal Tech are working on a new way of building chips: arranging DNA origami structures on microprocessors that are compatible with semiconductor manufacturing equipment. Their research looks to preserve Moore’s Law,... (Continue reading)
Cybercrime Kingpin Indicted
Written on 18 Aug, 2009 at 9:41 in Featured Stories | viewed 235 views times | 2 Comments
Albert Gonzales, aged 28, believed by police to be one of the nation’s largest cybercrime kingpins, was indicted Monday along with two Russian accomplices for the largest hacking/identity theft caper in U.S. history. Federal prosecutors allege that the trio stole data... (Continue reading)
NCSA Board of Directors Welcomes Google
Written on 12 Aug, 2009 at 13:52 in Featured Stories | viewed 328 views times | 0 Comments
Eric Davis, head of anti-malvertising is representing Google on the National Cyber Security Alliance’s (NCSA) board of directors. Davis, who has spent 15 years in the marketing and consumer education industries, is a leader at Google in creating policies and... (Continue reading)
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