Germany’s interior minister today announced the opening of a new cybersecurity center to protect the country’s infrastructure from what he said was a growing menace posed by hackers, AFP reports. “Protecting critical infrastructure is at the core of cybersecurity,” Hans-Peter Friedrich said. “We are forced to admit that the danger of attacks on these systems [...]
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A 26-year-old Texas man has been sentenced to two years in prison after admitting to hacking into computer networks at a Minnesota business and at NASA, the FBI’s Minneapolis office announced. In his plea agreement, Jeremey Parker of Houston, Texas, admitted to breaking into computer network of SWReg, Inc., a subsidiary of the cyber-based company [...]
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Although the Cold War between the United States and Russia ended two decades ago, a former counterintelligence specialist says a new conflict between the United States and China together with North Korea has emerged in cyberspace. McAfee Chief Security Officer Brett Wahlin, an ex-NATO counterintelligence agent, told Computerworld Australia the RSA token hack earlier this [...]
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The public website of the CIA went down yesterday evening as hacker group Lulz Security announced on Twitter it had launched an attack, Reuters reports. The site initially could not be accessed from multiple locations around the world, and service continued to be sporadic later in the evening. LulzSec, which promises “high-quality entertainment at your [...]
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More than a dozen West Australian government agencies lack adequate systems to detect or respond to a cyber attack, the state’s auditor general revealed in a recent report. The Office of the Auditor General hired a university to launch external attacks on 15 government agencies, including the health, transport, mine and gas departments. While these [...]
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A White House smart-grid policy framework released this week has identified cybersecurity among the top priorities in the U.S. transition from an outdated electricity distribution system to a smart grid, InfoSecurity reports. The policy paper also details other priorities, including enabling cost-effective smart grid investments, supporting innovation in the electricity sector, and enabling consumers [...]
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Malaysia’s government says it is preparing to foil a potential cyber attack on its website by online collective Anonymous, which is responding to the country’s strict censorship practices, Voice of America reports. Anonymous recently posted a video message on various websites, saying the government’s efforts to restrict access to at least 10 file-sharing websites amounts [...]
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Government Official: Terrorists Lack Tech Skills to Pull Off Large-scale Cyber Blitz
June 15, 2011 1 CommentA senior counterterrorism official says terrorist groups do not yet have the technical skills to launch a major cyber attack against the United States, The Associated Press reports. Daniel Benjamin, State Department counterterrorism coordinator, said while insurgents are pursuing the emerging threat of such an attack, the majority of Internet-based assaults are carried out by [...]
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Symantec Corp. (NASDAQ: SYMC) today announced the 2011 Cyber 4 Award winners at the Symantec Government Symposium 2011, a one-day annual event devoted to government and its partners. The Cyber 4 Awards recognize four leaders who exemplify excellence in government cybersecurity through their contributions to programs that address cybersecurity challenges and protect U.S. data and [...]
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While cybersecurity discussions often focus on networks and enterprises, there is rarely any talk of how vulnerable supply chains are to an IT compromise, according to a private-sector cybersecurity expert. Speaking at a recent Dubai press conference about the state of cyberspace in the Middle East, Dale W. Meyerrose, vice president and general manager of [...]
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